# What's your longest thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 20, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847 "2013-12-20T20:28:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/21 "2013-12-21T06:52:58Z")
My longest single thread was “[World of Warcraft questions](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=498145)”, which topped out at 1,416 posts. We shut it down and started a new one because the post-count had gotten so high, and we thought it was “intimidating” for new readers. The joke was on us, because the “sequel” thread: “[World of Warcraft General Discussion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509115)” (started by **jayjay** ) reached 12,018 posts before we locked it and segued into: “[New WoW General Discussion Thread 6/8/10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=566381)” (started by **gnoitall** ): 11,727 posts which was itself replaced by the current thread: “[MoP-ing up after the Cataclysm: Updated WoW General Discussion 8/22/12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=662876)” (started by **JayRx1981** ): “only” 1,053 posts, and still going. Since all four threads have effectively been one ongoing discussion, I suppose you could say I’m responsible for prompting 26,214 posts on the same topic 😃 I amuse myself from time to time by going back and reading through the first few pages of the first thread to remind myself just what noob I was when I started the thread. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/22 "2013-12-21T15:14:30Z")
[American SDMB Conservatives: Go Reclaim Your Party!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=395320) not particularly impressive at 178 posts. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/23 "2013-12-21T16:56:19Z")
A Cafe Society thread about _Great Female Villains_ got 113 replies. [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638421) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/24 "2013-12-21T17:05:08Z")
Not counting the 2 or 3 times I started the MMP - My [“Why is country music so widely disliked?”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=694506) thread probably has the most replies of any of my threads. Though the [penis in the toaster](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=704348) thread did go on for 2 pages. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/25 "2013-12-21T17:16:54Z")
[Obvious things about a creative work you realize after the millionth time](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=525685). Started on 07-24-2009, 1707 replies (to date), and as someone posted “This thread has more lives than Jason.”😃 ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/26 "2013-12-21T18:47:01Z")
I started the Free Association thread kind of as a joke. I figured it would last for about 28 posts and die off but apparently people like things that are free. ---
**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/27 "2013-12-21T19:54:15Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=569958](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=569958) This one about calling the cops on your child had very divided opinions. 242 posts. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/28 "2013-12-21T20:28:31Z")
I didn’t note the number of replies but it went on for a few days, something about Uses for Duct Tape. Man, there were some amazing posts! I enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/29 "2013-12-21T20:32:38Z")
Too lazy to look it up, but I had an "ugly saggin’ pants " thread several years ago, I think it went 8 or 9 pages? Maybe more, but that’s the longest one I can remember the basic gist of. There was one, (and DAMN you old age memory), that was on something completely random and (I woulda thought) uninteresting and mundane, that for some reason carried on into the double digits. ISTR some of the comments even being along the lines of “I expected this thread to sink like a stone, yet here it is on page 12”. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/30 "2013-12-21T20:37:09Z")
[SDMB RPG: The Rule of Three - Game Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623715) - 614 replies ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/31 "2013-12-21T22:01:31Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > I started the Free Association thread kind of as a joke. > > I figured it would last for about 28 posts and die off but apparently people like things that are free. Your joke keeps going, and I’ve certainly enjoyed it. I’ve made a few contributions to it. Thanks, **RaftPeople**! ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/32 "2013-12-22T20:06:55Z")
I’m beyond boggled that the thread I started on March 26, 2009, [Stupid Republican idea of the Day](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511831), is still going strong, with (as of my look just now) 12,197 Replies and 1,030,471 Views. I have the maximum number of posts per page set and it’s still up to 61 pages. I’m not even the one keeping it alive since my last post was in July. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/33 "2013-12-22T20:18:44Z")
The white kind on a cone that I use to baste quilts, like this [http://www.herrschners.com/220\_img/080054.jpg](http://www.herrschners.com/220_img/080054.jpg) Otherwise most of my thread is the regular 250 yards length. What? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/34 "2013-12-22T20:34:50Z")
This one [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482118&highlight=dead&page=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482118&highlight=dead&page=1) (“Ask the Guy Who is Pretty good at SF story identification” went for 264 posts, which was pretty successful. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/35 "2013-12-22T21:38:23Z")
Survivor: Palau 3/16 (Wednesday) (that’s TONIGHT): 92 replies ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/36 "2013-12-22T23:11:39Z")
actually it’s more of a yarn. my scarf. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847/37 "2013-12-22T23:30:08Z")
I’m happy to say[this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=664598) is still on the first page after 2,355 replies. It happens to be 10 times longer than the next most popular thread I started, which happened to be an earlier version of the same thing that ran out of gas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-thread/676847.md?page=1)