What thread, initiated by you, got the most replies? I’m not talking about a debate in which you were a participant. Just something you started and then others ran with. I asked a question about conspiracy theorists and it went to 326 replies before I chimed in again. Very modest by SDMB standards but it surprised me and shows how passionate some people can be. Especially, CTers. So what’s your personal record (overall number and/or number of replies before you re-posted) and what was the topic?
This is better suited to IMHO than GQ.
Colibri
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I started a few with over 400 replies. The most was What are your most extreme, honestly held views? with 467 replies. I hope none of the responders have a TV show on A&E because they are going to lose it if the word gets out.
A Pitting I started of a now-departed Doper got over 500 replies. Nothing else got very close.
Regards,
Shodan
I think it may have been this one.
My pitting of abortion-clinic picketers back in 2011 got 2,833 replies.
Odd Things You’ve Learned Recently 126
More gratuitous death than Maude Flanders 115
Learned some interesting things from the folks who posted.
I’m not going to set any records here, except maybe Most Boring Poster. My top two are:
The ‘Put it back on the menu, dammit’ Thread 181
Semi-obligatory ‘Sky Captain’ Thread 142
Most threads I start, if I get to 20 replies I consider it a success. Since I joined in 2000, I’ve had fewer than ten threads that have gone over 100 replies.
There are a few anomalies in post views, however. Most of my longer threads top out around 4000 views, but I noticed one on ‘American Pickers’ I started a while back has almost 17,000(!) views (vs. 50 replies). Can’t account for that one.
Strange, surreal, and creepy things your teachers made you do
And the first George Zimmerman trainwreck was started by me.
Workplace Griping, baby!WooHoo!
Holy shit, that thing’s been going for three years!
My top five (at the moment):
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Free Association – Characters, Actors, Celebrities, etc. ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page)
Zeldar
Today 02:20 PM by KneadToKnow
4,758 66,988
The Game Room
College football fans: how’s your team look? – 2011 Version ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page)
Zeldar
12-10-2011 11:15 PM by RaftPeople
453 23,071
The Game Room
Malapropagation (Thread 3 of game – #1 with New Name) ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page)
Zeldar
04-30-2008 09:38 PM by kunilou
394 4,007
The Game Room
This thread is just about this thread ( 1 2 3 4 5 6)
Zeldar
09-23-2003 12:03 PM by Zeldar
290 5,280
Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)
Botticelli – Round 3 ( 1 2 3 4 5 6)
Zeldar
03-19-2007 12:16 PM by Johnny L.A.
277 2,207
Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)
I have no expectation of ever topping "Time to Officially Pit Joe Paterno and the Penn State Football Program".
6368 Replies
334,288 Views
Is there a Thread Hall of Fame?
I had a couple -
the longest with 201 reples was a question about Tattoo policies in the workplace.
the second longest at 106 replies was Cool pictures caught by dumb luck.
I’ve only started 9 threads here in 12 years.
It’s just a game thread, but I’m a little bit proud of it 'cause I invented the game.
6,842 replies.
503,621 views.
Haiku Madness
mmm
I started Speak to me Only in Movie Quotes
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=659243&page=106
Currently at 5280 replies, 106 pages.
I’ve started a few that went 4 or 5 pages, but nothing close to that one.
Mine would be this one about riding against traffic.
Now at 1560 posts and 32 pages.
This one concerning Sarah Palin, that got over 500 responses. There were a couple other 300-400, but they were mini-rant threads. Most of mine have been in the single or two-digit response realm. I’m not all that interesting, it would appear.
You got someone a book for Christmas, Ok to read it before giving it to them?
At 282 posts, it’s nowhere near as long as some of these threads, but my longest so far. Totally surprised me that it took off like it did.
1,890 replies which I attribute entirely to me and not the fact that it was about the biggest game of 2011.