# We're pruning old threads **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 7, 2000, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712 "2000-04-07T12:47:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/21 "2000-04-07T21:20:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by SingleDad: > \*\*\ > Swimming Riddles: 742 posts since 1/14/00 = 8.73 ppd > Esprix: 1070 posts since 1/14/00 = 12.59 ppd > Bricker: 1421 posts since 12/18/99 = 12.69 ppd > > **SingleDad: 798 posts from 2/24/00 = 18.56 ppd** > > And I’ve only participated in **one** 3 minute mystery. Laggards! 😃 > > \*\* ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/22 "2000-04-07T21:26:00Z")
Hey, I thought the sacred task was to make available our collected knowledge _in perpetuity_, so that countless generations yet unborn could benefit from our shining wisdom! This is worse than the burning of the library at Alexandria! Does Cecil know about this? Save us, Unca Cece! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/23 "2000-04-07T21:32:00Z")
I still have over 2000 posts and really… isn’t that all that really matters? * * * – I have over 2000 posts, dammit! Show some respect. [http://fathom.org/opalcat/showmerespect.jpg](http://fathom.org/opalcat/showmerespect.jpg) O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/24 "2000-04-08T01:37:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Way to go, Ed! Be viscious! I was concerned about Ed’s viscosity, so I tried to get him to drink a couple of quarts of 50-weight. For some reason, he turned me down - I’ve got no idea why. I told him I had his best interests at heart… 🙂 * * * “Love flies out the door when money comes innuendo.” - Marx ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/25 "2000-04-08T01:59:00Z")
I STRONGLY recommend pruning ANY GD thread that mentions either “evolution” or “libertarian”. That should eliminate about 20% of the posts held in the server. (ducking and running) ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/26 "2000-04-08T02:59:00Z")
First they pruned the trolling threads. But I did not speak out, since I did not participate in trolling threads. Then they pruned the whiimsical threads. But I did not speak out, since I rarely participated in whimsical threads. Then they pruned the threads which had posts mainly from people no longer with us. But I did not speak out, since I was still here. Then they pruned my posts. And there was nobody left to come for me… * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/27 "2000-04-08T03:00:00Z")
> [@](#): > > SingleDad: 798 posts from 2/24/00 = 18.56 ppd Now we know why you’re single, dad. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/28 "2000-04-08T03:59:00Z")
Couldn’t all the old threads be archived? Throw every thread that hasn’t had a new post in six months into a seperate forum and call it The Vault or something. They wouldn’t be contributing to the congestion in MPSIMS but they would be available for use in the search engine. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/29 "2000-04-08T04:42:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Swimming Riddles: 742 posts since 1/14/00 = 8.73 ppd > Esprix: 1070 posts since 1/14/00 = 12.59 ppd > Bricker: 1421 posts since 12/18/99 = 12.69 ppd > SingleDad: 798 posts from 2/24/00 = 18.56 ppd It’s not the quantity that matters, it’s the quality. On the other hand for having a lot of quantity your quality is pretty good. * * * If at first you don’t succeed you’re about average. ---
**Author:** ![SingleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/30 "2000-04-08T06:48:00Z")
**Opus:** If you want to find out the biggest reason I’m single, just look at the picture on my web page. Posting on here is the _least_ of the reasons… Which is a scary thought in and of itself… * * * Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. ---
**Author:** ![Sentinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sentinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sentinel)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/31 "2000-04-08T08:24:00Z")
By all means, prune away!! I’ve read many posts that almost put me to sleep, looked up some past ones that made me wonder about the general intelligence level of the human race, spotted some that looked like soccer riots, and others that resembled nothing more than verbal gang wars. I had wondered just how much garbage your archives could handle – and those contain some of my posts which I freely admit should not be left around for posterity. Dump, dump and **then DUMP some more!** As for my post count, who cares? I rarely check it anyhow. Some here with large counts, I strongly suspect, have developed the old political art of fillabusting. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/32 "2000-04-08T13:59:00Z")
Filibustering. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/33 "2000-04-08T14:59:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by SingleDad: > \*\ ***Opus:** If you want to find out the biggest reason I’m single, just look at the picture on my web page. Posting on here is the _least_ of the reasons… Which is a scary thought in and of itself… > \*\* SingleDad, I’ve seen you’re web page, and I think you’re cute! Of course, I’m a geek programmer myself. 😃 * * * I do not merely dance. I bewitch. I seduce. I enchant and I bewilder. Throw money. (Gee, Wally must have seen me dance!) ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/34 "2000-04-08T18:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by zyada: > **Of course, I’m a geek programmer myself.** What language do you use for programming geeks? Is there a geek compiler for c++? ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/35 "2000-04-08T23:52:00Z")
I don’t think Ed is reading these, but one word: **ARCHIVE!** ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/36 "2000-04-09T00:51:00Z")
Ophanim: “Hey Demo, what you should try is Webcopier, it batch downloads every file on a certain site, and stores it in a zip file. I’m not sure how it’ll work with the ubb though, I wouldn’t want to accidentally copy the entire UBB.” Doing what you proposed, by any quantity of people would keep these boards down. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/37 "2000-04-09T01:24:00Z")
I realize that yer intentions are pure and all that, but anybody contemplating dropping the whole board onto a zip disc ought to read the little copyright thingy at the bottom of the page, eh? Dr. Watson “Prison is only one of the words that can be made from the letters in ‘permission’.” ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/38 "2000-04-09T02:57:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Joe\_Cool: > \*\* What language do you use for programming geeks? Is there a geek compiler for c++?\*\* Java, of course. Don’t you know programmers run on caffeine?! 😃 * * * I do not merely dance. I bewitch. I seduce. I enchant and I bewilder. Throw money. (Gee, Wally must have seen me dance!) ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/39 "2000-04-09T03:48:00Z")
For those who don’t want to get out the magnifying glass: > [@](#): > > The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams" is a registered trademark of Chicago Reader, Inc. Contents of the Straight Dope Message Board and the Straight Dope Web site are copyright 1984-2000 by the Chicago Reader, Inc. All rights reserved. By posting on this board you grant the Chicago Reader, Inc., and its successors and assigns a nonexclusive irrevocable right to re-use your posting in any manner it or they see fit without notice or compensation to you. No material contained in this site may be republished or reposted without express written consent of the Chicago Reader, Inc., except that message board users retain the right to republish or repost their own work Keeping a personal backup copy seems perfectly legal. As long as you don’t try to publish it or post it elsewhare. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712/40 "2000-04-09T04:15:00Z")
I was having doubts about ever making a hundred posts. Now I know I’ll never make.At least it’s for a good reason. End of whine. * * * The operation? Well, now I walk like a duck, but I won’t sue 'cause I’m getting a lot of laughs. Sig courtesy of **Wally the Great** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pruning-old-threads/15712.md?page=3)