I’m not sure if this is the right place, but it should have a straightforward factual answer.
This thread about LOTR inspired the question, having **1743[b/] replies as of my starting this thread. That’s the largest number I recall seeing.
See where it says ‘replies’ at the top of the page? Set your view to show all threads since the beginning, and click on replies. It will sort it from highest to lowest number of replies.
wasn’t there one in IMHO called guy stuff that was pretty long?
Thanks, Quintas. I didn’t know you could sort that way.
The LOTR thread IS INDEED the longest thread ever, by a considerable margin. The next is an MPSIMS thread just over 1200.
Guy Stuff. 23 pages, I don’t know how many posts.
Way back when, the AOL days, there was a thread titled “Who Was Mr Ruda Duda” which definitely went over 1500 posts (I remember it being remarked upon). Conceivably more than the LOTR thread. I bet TubaDiva would know.
Since this is a question about this message board, I’ll move this thread to ATMB.
bibliophage
moderator GQ
At 50 posts per page, that would be somewhere between 1101 and 1150 posts, including the OP (so between 1100 and 1149 posts). So if the second place is an MPSIMS thread with over 1200, then Guy Stuff is at best third.
Note, however, that for a non-negligible portion of board history, the software would wonk out on any thread longer than 10 pages, so long threads would be closed by moderators, and a continuation thread opened. If we count those as a single thread (as they probably should be), then I think that the winner would be Esprix’s “Ask the Gay Guy”.
{bowing}
Thank you, thank you.
Esprix
There’s a certain little-known thread in MPSIMS that last I checked ran over 37 pages long.
Yes, the alphabet thread is over 2100 replies now. Way past the LOTR thread.
Cafe Society
1775 If LotR Had Been Written By Someone Else!? (Fingolfin)
580 Ask the comic guy… (BrightEyes)
457 US Big Brother 3 (handy)
424 Special Movie Trivia: Identify the movie from this scene description. (NDP)
IMHO
504 Very vaguely creepy. (Homer)
423 What color is your username? (ultrafilter)
393 Enterprise vs. Star Destroyer (SPOOFE)
372 Who is the most stubbern person here??? (Anniz)
MPSIMS
2215 a (Klaatu)
1113 Guy Stuff (UncleBeer)
1111 Threadkillers 2001! (Jester)
1007 The last word (BornDodgy)
Great Debates
950 Contact with the Great Beyond–Psychics like Praagh (don willard)
749 For David B, the good Doctor and others who are knowledgable about Creation debate (Satan)
568 “Bush is a crook” says Mr. Krugman (elucidator)
542 Possibility != Existence (TVAA)
The BBQ Pit
561 His4Ever, JerseyDiamond and Joe_Cool are hypocrites. (Homebrew)
529 God forbid we teach our kids (MrVisible)
480 The Free-For-All Meltdown & Pile-On Thread (OpalCat)
477 Unban Satan! (Joe_Cool)
About This Message Board
447 Master List (Chrome Toaster)
234 SDMB Charging for Access - Comments (Anthracite)
213 Another question for the owners/adminstrators of this board: Replacement Cecil (Fenris)
200 Weird Earl’s (Ed Zotti)
Comments on Cecil’s Columns
219 homeopathy (JillGat)
188 Why do circles have 360 degrees (Seth)
141 OPEN CHALLENGE to Cecil about astrology by a (different sort of) fanatic. (jabberwalkie)
135 Genocide/democide/politicide (alewbail)
**Comments on Staff Reports **
135 Ouija board, please explain this? (Delphinus)
133 Morman Temple (hergrace)
115 Who killed Jesus (Paul.Streeter)
87 Pink Floyd and Wizard of Oz was intentional (ScOo_gUy)
I mentioned this elsewhere, but I’ll re-post it here:
ATGG IV - 370 replies, 13062 views
ATGG III - 303 replies, 7491 views
ATGG II - 385 replies, 6205 views
ATGG I - 452 replies, 6213 views
That’s 1,510 replies and 32,971 views.
Esprix
If Esprix’s threads are allowed as an exception, then my table above gets modified as follows:
Great Debates
1510 Ask the Gay Guy parts I to IV (Esprix)
950 Contact with the Great Beyond–Psychics like Praagh (don willard)
749 For David B, the good Doctor and others who are knowledgable about Creation debate (Satan)
568 “Bush is a crook” says Mr. Krugman (elucidator)
However, if multiple thread counting is appropriate, then maybe the real Great Debate list should look like this:
Great Debates
8132 Republicans Rock! parts I to CXCIX (december)
1510 Ask the Gay Guy (Esprix)
950 Contact with the Great Beyond–Psychics like Praagh (don willard)
749 For David B, the good Doctor and others who are knowledgable about Creation debate (Satan)
Hey, then you gotta count all of them Enterprise threads in Cafe Society by 'plant, Wearia, me, viva, NoClueBoy, Kn*ckers, Aesiron, and the rest of the usual gang of idiots
Plus, “Simple questions from people that don’t know how to use the board search function and/or Google” in General Questions.
On the whole, the original list probably should stand.
Is Enterprise really the only show that gets its own thread every week? You Trekkers are such geeks. :o
I don’t think so. In fact I know that 24 gets a thread every week. A cool thread started by KneadtoKnow so’s it doesn’t get spoiled for him.
The thread is cool because Knead is a wonderful host who links all the season’s threads to the new one, plus he gives us VCR recording instructions-- you know, like if the show isn’t coming on or if there is a delay.
Buffy also seems to get a thread a show or close to it.
The alphabet thread is that bloated now? Wow, you non-LotR nerds really nead to get a life :P. On the other hand, though, the replies in the LotR thread are much longer than those in the alphabet thread.
Update:
Cafe Society
1974 If LotR Had Been Written By Someone Else!? (Fingolfin)
904 Ask the comic guy… (BrightEyes)
731 Enterprise Cease Fire spoilers (carnivorousplant)
457 US Big Brother 3 (handy)
IMHO
536 What color is your username? (ultrafilter)
504 Very vaguely creepy. (Homer)
393 Enterprise vs. Star Destroyer (SPOOFE)
372 Who is the most stubbern person here??? (Anniz)
MPSIMS
5337 a (Klaatu)
1113 Guy Stuff (UncleBeer)
1111 Threadkillers 2001! (Jester)
1082 Quote… …unquote game (**samarm **)
Great Debates
1732 Contact with the Great Beyond–Psychics like Praagh (don willard)
749 For David B, the good Doctor and others who are knowledgable about Creation debate (Satan)
653 I think therefore i am… (Nomadic_One)
568 “Bush is a crook” says Mr. Krugman (elucidator)
The BBQ Pit (No Changes)
561 His4Ever, JerseyDiamond and Joe_Cool are hypocrites. (Homebrew)
529 God forbid we teach our kids (MrVisible)
480 The Free-For-All Meltdown & Pile-On Thread (OpalCat)
477 Unban Satan! (Joe_Cool)
About This Message Board (No Changes)
447 Master List (Chrome Toaster)
234 SDMB Charging for Access - Comments (Anthracite)
213 Another question for the owners/adminstrators of this board: Replacement Cecil (Fenris)
200 Weird Earl’s (Ed Zotti)
Comments on Cecil’s Columns
235 Damn fool war (aubries)
219 homeopathy (JillGat)
188 Why do circles have 360 degrees (Seth)
168 Going Into Space (coachjames)
**Comments on Staff Reports ** (No changes)
135 Ouija board, please explain this? (Delphinus)
133 Morman Temple (hergrace)
115 Who killed Jesus (Paul.Streeter)
87 Pink Floyd and Wizard of Oz was intentional (ScOo_gUy)
General Questions
313 What happens on May 33rd but only on leap year? (pkbites)
270 How to kill evil Nazi Groundhogs (alsmith)
206 .99999999 equal to 1 ??? (Kevin Partida)
173 Infinity Question (owlofcreamcheese)