# What's your TKP (thread-kill percentage)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2002, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939 "2002-11-15T22:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/41 "2002-11-18T00:01:46Z")
Usually about 14%. The last month 10 of 69 or 17.4%. Mostly in GQ and Cafe Society. It could be higher because sometimes the originator will post a thank you for an answer. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/42 "2002-11-18T00:09:19Z")
10.1 % based on a somewhat representative sample (1000 of my last 2000 threads šŸ˜‰ ) Feels higher. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/43 "2002-11-18T00:19:14Z")
I kill just about every post Iā€™m on. In fact, Iā€™m making a concentrated effort to kill this one. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/44 "2002-11-18T02:58:53Z")
Some ā€œconcentrated effortā€! šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/45 "2002-11-18T07:36:02Z")
No, no, the honor of killing this thread will be MINE! 49 kills/462 threads=10.6% thread-kill rate. I noticed that my kills tend to come in pairs on the list, too. Very strangeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/46 "2002-11-18T20:16:57Z")
12.91 percent. Coulda swore it would have been higher. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/47 "2002-11-18T21:18:52Z")
Now whatā€™s that other search engineā€™s name that weā€™re supposed to use so I can figure this out? I bet mineā€™s up there. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/48 "2002-11-18T21:23:28Z")
110/1440, or 7.64%, counting multiple threads which were locked. ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/49 "2002-11-18T21:44:20Z")
30 killed out of 342 threads. 8.77% šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/50 "2002-11-18T21:45:27Z")
**94 of 1113, or 8.44%** The archive only goes back to 09/1999. Over 800 posts I couldnā€™t use in my sampling. Bet itā€™s more like 15%. ---
**Author:** ![skittles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@skittles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skittles)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/51 "2002-11-18T21:57:37Z")
3 kills from 37 threadsā€¦not as bad as I thought. 8.1%\* [sub]\*This number is but a sample, as it does not count lost posts from the Winter that almost wasnā€™t. Actual number may have been higher. YMMV[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![skittles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@skittles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skittles)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/52 "2002-11-19T15:12:03Z")
Another one bites the dustā€¦make that 10.8%!!! ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/53 "2002-11-19T15:25:27Z")
Not so fast **Skittles**. 25 threads out of 296, including the old welby1 user name. 8.4% roughly. Actually I claim 26, because the thread in my sig was locked by Eutychus, who was immensely jealous of my talent. ---
**Author:** ![waits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@waits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waits)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/54 "2002-11-19T20:22:00Z")
3 out of 19, coming in at 15.78%. When I decided to move from lurker to poster, I swore that if my first post killed a thread then I would never post again. Fortunately, that distinction had to wait until my second post. ---
**Author:** ![Cyrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Cyrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyrin)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/55 "2002-11-19T20:47:37Z")
TKP = 7.4% ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/56 "2002-11-19T21:21:18Z")
Iā€™m 15 for 141, or 10.64% ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/57 "2002-11-20T02:04:33Z")
125 out of 875 = 14.2857% Curiously, I also seem to kill them in bunches of 3 or more most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/58 "2002-11-20T02:07:46Z")
Iā€™m sorry, that was 65 out of 875 for 7.428571% I donā€™t know how that happened. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/59 "2002-11-20T04:50:04Z")
Just checking in, man. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939/60 "2002-11-20T13:36:34Z")
Wow, my TKP is 71/1771 otherwise known as 4%. I am shocked it is that low, although I suspect my percentage of pointless posts that contributed no value is much, much higher. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-tkp-thread-kill-percentage/136939.md?page=4)