Just did a search, for the first time, on threads started by me: 146 in the past 6 years (what a fun trip down memory lane…). And I only went over 100 replies twice – once when I was fortunate enough to start the weekly Amazing Race thread, and once for the annual Oscar thread.
Lots of duds.
So there should be a forum called “MPSIMS and no one else gives a rat’s ass about”.
<<Shrugs>> Dude, the OP had your name on it.
Greatest number of replies: Barry Bonds is going down - 181
Greatest number of views: Wrong music - 4224
This Thread about things that kill the mood when you are doin’ it. Specifically, the dog jumping into bed and licking your ass.
My Pit Thread The Fat Man Rants did 74 replies for 3,230 views. Not particulalrly great for a Pit Thread.
but Jingle Bells, Batman Smells was Threadspotted, despite only doing 53/2627
I have had an appalling number of threads with less than 10 replies. This is probably because I am neither witty, coherent nor particulalry intelligent.
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Hmph…fine. There’s a thread with my name as the OP with 398 replies and <shudder> 21,619 views.
Smurf village destroyed by UNICEF. Almost 5,000 views, and it made Threadspotting!
Although you didn’t ask, my personal favorite was Cat 'N Rat Farm.
Perhaps I should put in a request for “Thread Oscars” ? or the Thread awards?
Threads with the most Replies: Time for a username change; please help me out with suggestions. 106 replies 1,536 view
Jon Stewart August 04, 2005 109 replies 6,784 views Great Debates (started in Cafe)
Thread I am most proud of: Rosa Parks died today at age 92 but only 68 replies and 1532 views.
Jim {Hal, your Op that wasn’t your Op is the funniest thread since I’ve been here}
Before you do that, have a look at a thread that’s yet to be two months old where I had a similar notion. Threadspotting: Your most successful thread
Woman behold thy daughter (etc.) with 34,580+ hits to date.
Well by combining a game thread with the Simpsons I managed 355 replies and over 4,700 views with Simpsons Jeopardy.
The “Oh my god, there’s an axe in my head” thread didn’t have the most replies but it did garner the most views and it was definitely a lot of fun.
History repeats itself. On the internet, it just happens sooner.
I’ve started a grand total of 28 threads.
Most views: Let’s stop this conspiracy theory before it starts with 2364 views.
Most replies: So the Taliban wants proof, do they? with an utterly mind-blowing 42 replies.
I average 13.5 replies per thread I start.
I’m not much of a thread-starter, am I?
With a whopping 118 replies this one seems to be my most popular thread ever.
Fittingly enough, it was about why I seem to be a thread killer.
Looking at my history, I see that a whopping 33% of threads I started have received fewer than five replies.
At least Ask the 50’s Mom (a thread I particularly enjoyed starting) got a decent number of views.
By the way, could 5 more of you please click on Ask the 50’s Mom so it could get to 3,000 views?
The thread with the most replies was Invisible Idiots, with 367 replies. The one with the most views, at 6270 was this fake pitting of then-mod Eutychus. A game thread and a fake pitting. Go figure!
At 240 replies and 4,715 views, my thread called “…And you are?” has gotten the most popularity. For a while there, it just wouldn’t die.