# When is the best time to post in a new thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 20, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-best-time-to-post-in-a-new-thread/622517 "2012-05-20T14:45:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scratch\_llll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@scratch\_llll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch_llll)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-best-time-to-post-in-a-new-thread/622517/21 "2012-05-21T05:23:32Z")
Damn. Oh wait! ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-best-time-to-post-in-a-new-thread/622517/22 "2012-05-21T05:37:36Z")
> [@scratch\_llll](#): > > Last! Ha ha I win! No, no – the last poster is the loser. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-best-time-to-post-in-a-new-thread/622517/23 "2012-05-21T05:43:28Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I really really try not to post jokes until/unless the question has been answered or support been offered or the debate debated. I don’t always succeed at that goal, though, I admit… I don’t know if this is a written rule or not, but I think it is just plain common sense and common decency. You don’t add snarky replies (however funny you may find them) until the issue has been reasonably addressed. But, like **WhyNot** , I sometimes find it difficult to refrain… ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-best-time-to-post-in-a-new-thread/622517/24 "2012-05-21T20:38:31Z")
If someone else has already said what I wanted to say, my likelihood of posting drops off very significantly. There is just so damn little use to “Yeah, me too!” posts. (Now, guys, please…) ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-best-time-to-post-in-a-new-thread/622517/26 "2012-06-17T17:20:42Z")
> [@blahdidah](#): > > Anyone have kids that love the band one direction? Or are you a little screaming girl on the inside? Well heres your chance to meet them in person, click on the link below for a chance to meet them face to face 🙂 > > [http://www.933flz.com/pages/meet-one-direction/index.php?linkid=4760](http://www.933flz.com/pages/meet-one-direction/index.php?linkid=4760) Reported as spam. ---
**Author:** ![bot3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@bot3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bot3)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-best-time-to-post-in-a-new-thread/622517/27 "2012-06-17T17:42:46Z")
I like what Tim R. Mortiss said. But then I’m not all that interested and did not read the whole thread. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-best-time-to-post-in-a-new-thread/622517/28 "2012-06-17T17:56:41Z")
> [@blahdidah](#): > > Anyone have kids that love the band one direction? Or are you a little screaming girl on the inside? Well heres your chance to meet them in person, click on the link below for a chance to meet them face to face 🙂 > > [http://www.933flz.com/pages/meet-one-direction/index.php?linkid=4760](http://www.933flz.com/pages/meet-one-direction/index.php?linkid=4760) I guess when you’re shitting spam on a thread, anytime’s as good as the next. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-best-time-to-post-in-a-new-thread/622517/29 "2012-06-17T18:30:46Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I guess when you’re shitting spam on a thread, anytime’s as good as the next. I wonder which way he voted… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-best-time-to-post-in-a-new-thread/622517.md?page=1)