# Threadspotting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting/266911>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 30, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting/266911 "2004-09-30T20:07:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sensualips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@Sensualips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sensualips)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting/266911/1 "2004-09-30T20:07:55Z")

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I have tried and tried to find some information on Threadspotting to no avail. Can someone explain it to me? From what I understand its purpose is to point out the “best of” posts. I would love to look at some of them but cannot for the life of me figure out how to find them.

Thank you for your patience.

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**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting/266911/2 "2004-09-30T20:12:43Z")

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On the [Archives page](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/index.html) (accessible through the Straight Dope home page) is a list of former Spotted Threads (scroll down). Or just look [here](http://straightdope.com/mailbag/threadspotting.html).

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**Author:** ![Sensualips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@Sensualips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sensualips)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting/266911/3 "2004-09-30T20:14:54Z")

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Thank you **zut** … 😃

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting/266911/4 "2004-09-30T21:12:36Z")

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Yes, it’s a three times a week sampling of great stuff from the board.

Which reminds me, I could use some more nominations. When you see a thread that is so informative or so interesting or so funny or so . . . just perfect (and we got a bunch of 'em, we do), it might well be good enough to share with the rest of the world. To do that, you need to send me an email with a hyperlink.

I’ll give you credit if you tell me how you want to be listed in your email. If you want to try writing a tagline for it, I use those as well, when they’re really good.

And please remember: Since this goes on the Straight Dope front page and gets featured to people who maybe don’t ordinarily read the board, you need to be attentive to things like profanity; not necessarily Sunday-school perfect (though that’s not bad either), but, well, most Pit threads don’t qualify, if you get what I mean here.

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