# Why only 1 page for the Pit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-1-page-for-the-pit/321202>\
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**Created:** [September 12, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-1-page-for-the-pit/321202 "2005-09-12T04:25:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-1-page-for-the-pit/321202/1 "2005-09-12T04:25:13Z")

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Why is only the first page of Pit threads visible? The other forums have multiple pages that can be accessed from the bottom.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-1-page-for-the-pit/321202/2 "2005-09-12T04:29:28Z")

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Because they’re more active, generally. The default is to show only theads that were active in the past two days. You can change this. At the bottom of each forum index page is a dropdown box where you can select a different span of time for which to show threads. Then click the button next to it that says “Show Threads”.

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-1-page-for-the-pit/321202/3 "2005-09-12T06:11:31Z")

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I don’t know that that’s the default - I’ve never changed any of my settings and I can access all the pages of the Pit (way back to 1999).

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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-1-page-for-the-pit/321202/4 "2005-09-12T06:17:03Z")

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This can also be changed globally for all forums from User CP -\> Edit Options -\> Default Thread Age Cut Off

IIRC these settings can also affect searches.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-1-page-for-the-pit/321202/5 "2005-09-13T23:18:46Z")

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Thanks. I’ll see if I can change things.