Oops - somehow one of my top 5 got cut.
I’ve started just 69 threads in almost 11 years. My top 5:
Catch-All Dio Pitting537 replies, The BBQ Pit
MLB July 2011258 replies, The Game Room
¡Viva España! Spain looking to indict Bushies ¡Olé!221 replies, Great Debates
Parents, be more original when naming your sons155 replies, started in The Pit, moved to MPSIMS
Whose death could eclipse Michael Jackson’s?118 replies, IMHO
I’ve only started one zero reply thread, but I’ve had several one and dones.I started a Torchwood: Miracle Day and a Breaking Bad thread, but they had already been started. People pointed out the older threads and mine died.
My other bottom 5:
It’s Effin’ Science, 0 replies, Cafe Society
Iraq War: The Soundtrack, 1 reply, Cafe Society
Ken-Ken/Calc-Doku Puzzles, 1 reply, The Game Room
Obama’s New National Security Team, 1 reply, Great Debates
Clemens, McGwire, Bonds, etc. should go in the HOF, 2 replies, The Game Room
That’s not fair CK Haven when we used to bitch about moderation in the Pit.
The congresswoman with the crazy eyes. She’s so batshit she’s spawned two crazy-eyed Pit threads.
I don’t only do Pit threads. American Idol 2/29 and beyond. Yes, I am hanging my head in shame.
The next two are when we used to play games in Cafe Society. I can name that Pop tune in 10 words." and That '70s Song – Name That Tune for old fogeys. And, yeup, that’s how I spelled ‘fogies’.
The Douchbag of Liberty has passed on.
The search function only brings up 750 results. I guess I could do another search in the ascending order to catch my bottom threads but I’m sure there are more than 5 with zero responses.
Apparently, the thread I started that got the most replies is how dumb I am (415 replies / 9,012 views):
DON’T Stump the Guy with Average Knowledge.
Then the LOST, Season 6 Premier thread (369 replies / 27,255 views)
The other are Cafe Society show threads for the premier of “V” and the like.
However, registering at slot 6, is one of my favorite threads: My dishwasher shenanigans.
My bottom duds:
DVCAM Deck + 15" Powerbook = What Cable? (0 replies / 114 views)
Got Milk-Snot? (9 replies / 306 views)
What was Static Electricity called long ago? (8 replies / 544 views)
Astronomy for the Rest of Us. (4 replies / 321 views)
The Sun: Solar Flares; Gamma Rays; VITAMIN D? (3 replies / 351 views)
- Instead of ‘‘Said’’ (556 replies) in The Game Room
- Harriet Miers? (476 replies) in Great Debates
- Quick, fill-in MMP (461 replies) in Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)
- Prelude to South Africa 2010: the 2009 Confederation Cup (283 replies) in The Game Room
- New Thread: 27 to 9 to 3 to 1 Movie Game (240 replies) in Cafe Society
Note that this is by reply; only one of the above would be in my top 5 by Views instead of Replies.
I like that these span 4 different fora, although not sure if that last one would go in the Game Room or stay in Cafe Society these days.
I have 26 or 27 zero response threads, eight of which are in General Questions, so I’m going to pretend that I just ask really tough questions and not that the topics are boring.
Also, I’ve started 628 threads, so there are bound to be some winners and a lot of losers.
- Movie Game IV: 2014 replies
Movie Game IV (son of a son of a...) - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board - Job-Seekers’ Support Group (started April of '08): 1067 replies
SD Job-Seekers' Support Group - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board
3-5 are game threads - What unshakable prejudices do you have?: 414 replies before Czarcasm locked
What unshakable prejudices do you have? - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board - Dancing with the Stars Fall 2010: 396 replies
Dancing with the Stars -- DWTS -- Fall 2010 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
0 replies: plenty of mod stuff, plus
Question last night about The Good Wife
The Good Wife question - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
Bringing together food and the visual arts
Bringing together food and the visual arts - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
Colorful language: an appreciation
Colorful language: an appreciation - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board
and a bunch of others.
My all-time toppers:
Live Foaling Cam - 1,531 posts and 24,714 views!
Should I Buy This Horse - 135 posts and 4,443 views (I bought her)
What is your thermostat set at? - 106 posts and 2503 views
What is your Christmas present to yourself? - 105 views and 2690 posts
Andy Griffith Show Questions - 83 views and 3070 posts
StG
I’ve started so many threads with zero replies that I’ve lost track. And my best moments are basically drive by postings in other peoples’ threads. I got nothin’.
#1: World of Warcraft questions (1415 posts)
Technically, I guess that thread makes me also indirectly responsible for the two “sequels” that were started because mine got “too big” (heh): World of Warcraft General Discussion (12,018 posts) and New WoW General Discussion Thread 6/8/10 (10,675 posts and still going).
I do believe that is the longest ongoing discussion in the history of the Dope, at 24,104 posts total, and I started it! What do I win?
#2: Let’s teach girls to put up with violent boys (218 posts)
#3: Call me by my preferred name, you stupid fuckers (107 posts)
#4: [Pepsi/Mountain Dew Throwback: Who’s tried it?](Pepsi/Mountain Dew Throwback: Who’s tried it?) (93 posts)
Two tied at #5, with 74 posts each:
OOTS #611: Belkar does what Belkar does best. Finally!
I’ve got nearly a full page of OPs with zero replies, so I’m not gonna bother listing them.
I don’t have it in me to do all of 'em…
Best : Are you freaking KIDDING me, or are you that stupid? - 113 replies
Worst : Words With Friends smartphone app - 1193 views, zero replies
Joe
According to the search, I have started 50 threads. I don’t think it’s right because I know I started a thread in 2000 after I bought my new house about sewage (sexy first thread!) and I don’t see it listed.
My top five are:
Perfectly cast beauties - 135 replies
Secrets to a really yummy, thick stew? - 54 replies
What happened to saucers? - 53 replies
Urban legends - why do some people keep repeating them? - 48 replies
Sad - losing a gorgeous house, didn’t appraise for asking price - 44 replies
I’ve only had one thread with 0 replies!
I have only been on the straight dope since August, but I think I’m doing pretty well so far! I love you all 
Top 5
Fed up with Teacher Hate and Disrespect in this Country - 404 replies, 10,615 views - BBQ Pit
Jokes that require a lot of specific knowledge, - 118 replies, 5,360 views - MPSIMS
and probably won’t be funny to very many people
The Paradox of Religion; Choosing Your Beliefs - 107 replies, 2,645 views - Great Debates
What would it take to turn you gay? - 99 replies, 2,709 views - IMHO
I pit the morons who applaud people be - 93 replies, 2,618 views - BBQ Pit
executed in Texas
Bottom 5
Had the STRANGEST dream last night - 3 replies , 276 views
October 21, 2011: Another Doomsday Prediction - 4 replies, 319 views
What does it mean when “X percent chance of rain” - 4 replies, 600 views
is predicted? An Update??
World Have Your Say Has Jumped The Shark - 5 replies, 430 views
How are your New Years Resolutions going? - 6 replies, 168 views
Has anyone else gone to any of these 0 reply posts with the honest and good hearted intention of posting in it to give it life, answer the question, etc… only to find you just couldn’t bring yourself to do it?
Darn, I thought this was going to be a thread about tops and bottoms. Kinda disappointed here.
There’s a lengthy (and to my mind – since I was in on it – hilarious) discussion (mostly just three or four of us) of this very issue at Anyone recall this classified ad from the Times? with links to other associated threads and ideas.