# Why so few Pit Threads?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-pit-threads/359644>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [June 6, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-pit-threads/359644 "2006-06-06T17:42:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-pit-threads/359644/1 "2006-06-06T17:42:44Z")

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At this moment, 12:40 pm 6/6/06, there is one page in the Pit with 26 threads showing. By contrast there are 3 pages of threads in GD, with 50 threads on the first page alone.

Why aren’t there more Pit threads accessible?

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-pit-threads/359644/2 "2006-06-06T17:53:16Z")

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> [@jebert](#):
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> Why aren’t there more Pit threads accessible?

Go to the pulldown box at the bottom of the page where it says “From the.” You probably have it set at “1 day.” Change it to “1 year” and _poof_ you’ll have 14 pages of Pit threads for your reading enjoyment.

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**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-pit-threads/359644/3 "2006-06-06T17:53:57Z")

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The Pit is set up to show threads active only in the last day, while GD is set up to show threads active in the last 10 days. You can change this with the dropdown boxes at the bottom of each forum (underneath where the threads are listed).

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-pit-threads/359644/4 "2006-06-06T17:54:42Z")

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Oh, sorry, I had it set at “last 100 days.” If you set it to “last year” you’ll see 59 glorious pages of Pitting.