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So, which is your proudest thread-creating achievement on NSG? This can be any of how much intelligent debate it fosters, how long it goes for etc. etc.

I was never able to understand what was being talked about in any of my threads after about three pages. My most successful was the thread about tanks...

My thread have like zero staying power. The funniest responses came from my 'original' "Pirates vs. Ninjas" back in 2003. I don't remember them, but I remember laughing my ass off.

I have to keep the damn thing in a box now...

I've been around so long it's hard to remember, but I've always considered my thread on which public toilet you use--the regular stall or the executive suite--to be a classic. ;)

My longest thread was a pedophilia thread with a pretty stupid sounding OP from almost a year ago, I think. Besides that....I think maybe a do you go commando thread from a few months ago.

So, which is your proudest thread-creating achievement on NSG? This can be any of how much intelligent debate it fosters, how long it goes for etc. etc.

I was never able to understand what was being talked about in any of my threads after about three pages. My most successful was the thread about tanks...

My most successful thread designated me as the Pancake.

My thread have like zero staying power. The funniest responses came from my 'original' "Pirates vs. Ninjas" back in 2003. I don't remember them, but I remember laughing my ass off.

I have to keep the damn thing in a box now...
You made an original Pirates vs Ninjas thread? :eek:
[worshipping smiley]

You made an original Pirates vs Ninjas thread? :eek:
[worshipping smiley]

Note the scare quotes. It was when I was newbie...I imagine it had been done before, but I hadn't seen it and no one complained and it was in 2003, so I count it as an 'original' though it is a big bad internet...

Though I'm pretty sure my follow up, "Hegelian Dialectic vs. A Fish Taco" was original enough...

I don't think I've ever made a thread that was particularly successful.

I mean, I suppose I have, I just don't remember.

I guess it would have had to be the "Illogical Debate" when I was still Origami Tigers. None of my other threads have ever made it very far. It's probably why I don't make to many to begin with.

I guess it would have had to be the "Illogical Debate" when I was still Origami Tigers. None of my other threads have ever made it very far. It's probably why I don't make to many to begin with.

I never knew you where Oragami Tigers.

For as much time as I spend here, I really don't pay that much attention...

S'alright. It's not something I really advertised. I think Eut was the only one who knew my "secret identity" originally. It just so happens that whenever I lose my access to the internet for long periods of time, I had to create a new nation -before I learned that you can ask a mod to restore it.

Either my fatwa on micheal moore, or when I claimed that WWI was faked by a conspiracy of communists and wall street financiers.

I understand that most people don't find that kind of thing funny, but I do.

Then again monty python leaves me cold.

My what would you name your kids thread made it to eight pages.

*did not ego search*
>.>
<.<

Oh crap, I forgot I have four threads in the archive, the Presidential/Vice Presidential Peanut Galleries. I created them in a hope to concentrate comments about the debates into one place instead of having a dozen going at once and it worked more or less. It was fun, and for the first time I actually watched all of the debates.

According to a quick search, I've created 21 threads, and the largest one almost made it to 300 posts. Admittedly, it was about homosexuality, so it was pretty much guaranteed to go on forever and ever. Then there was the thread about Freedom fries, where I was accused of being an America-hating bastard for using the word "USian", even though the thread was started as an attempt to dispell the myth (oft perpetuated by America-hating bastards) of freedom fries.
My favorite, however, remains my essay about Homophobia (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=464872), if only because of the amount of serious responses and criticism it got (I think it might even have gone to moderation, but I'm too lazy to check).

So it looks like I owe my "success" here primarily to gays. Thanks for all the fish shaped dildoes, guys.

"Top or Bottom?"
It was about toilet paper.

Thanks for all the fish shaped dildoes, guys.

Hitchhiker's Guide ref?
*shifty eyes*

Wow, almost all the threads I've posted have been crap.



As it is, the longest one with 200 replies was my tribute/4000th post to TIN (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=396778) and my coolest thread was a random thread about Klonor (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=375758) that will make no sense to anyone.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=473500

1016 posts.

;)

the second largest was my more recent "taking a break" thread (totally didn't stay gone as long as I thought I could) and it had 459-ish posts.

most of my other threads are not as long, I did from the 200 I found an average and it's about 120 posts per thread, some of them being very long, with 200+ posts and a few that have two posts (most of those are in moderation)

I have no clue how many threads I have started.......way too many.

Hitchhiker's Guide ref?
*shifty eyes*
'Sno fun if you point it out. 'Snone at all.

'Sno fun if you point it out. 'Snone at all.

At least you didn't read poetry at us :D

At least you didn't read poetry at us :D
I find it sickening that your warped mind thinks of such vulgar activities.

At least you didn't read poetry at us :D

*dies*

So, which is your proudest thread-creating achievement on NSG? This can be any of how much intelligent debate it fosters, how long it goes for etc. etc.

I was never able to understand what was being talked about in any of my threads after about three pages. My most successful was the thread about tanks...

"What kind of Underwear do you wear"

Me and Soheran have turned some threads in to pretty fascinating, if obtuse, discussion in the past.

I haven't made a thread yet :(

Well, leaving aside the threads I accidentally expropriated when Jolt was acting up, the most posts I've ever gotten in a thread of mine was in the one about how the people who say they're trying to stop climate change are really just trying to castrate you.

Probably the "most successful" in terms of interesting discussion, though it didn't last very long, was an earlier thread about accepting religion against what you accept to be rationally the case, and the legitimacy of such a suspension of reason.

I find it sickening that your warped mind thinks of such vulgar activities.
success may be different from poster to poster..

What turns you on?
What do you want from the words exchange?
What are your goals?

I can tell you.. long running threads is not very important for me.. even If some of mine kept going like the pink rabbit.

I don't do idle threads.

So, which is your proudest thread-creating achievement on NSG? This can be any of how much intelligent debate it fosters, how long it goes for etc. etc.

I was never able to understand what was being talked about in any of my threads after about three pages. My most successful was the thread about tanks...

My most successful thread was one about paedophiles...it went on for thirty pages, and that's with the thread set to display forty posts per page, so no idea what that would be normally.

My most "popular" thread, surprisingly, is the "Fox News to air right-wing Daily Show rip-off this Sunday (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=518313)" thread with 395 posts. Of course, that may just be because it got bumped when the show actually aired, and then filled up with anti-Fox vitriol...

Other great ones with 100+ replies:

228 - Study finds 655,000 dead in Iraq (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=502775)
197 - Fox News Waterboarding Video (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=506115)
194 - The God Debate: Dawkins vs. Collins (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=507257) (very interesting discussion here)
164 - Faces of the Dead (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=513126)
160 - Anna Nicole Smith is dead (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=517451)
157 - 2nd Parallel US Government (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=508662)
152 - Gabbly! (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=498884) (But of course... :D)
140 - NSA acquires phone records of millions of Americans (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=482262) (my first NSG post!)
125 - Apple unveils the iPhone (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=513849)
119 - Oh, Lordy... (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=504438)

My most successful threads were a soccer World Cup one & a cricket one.

I don't remember what it was but I think it was something about school and legislating "good" education.

The thread had over 1000 replies and over 10000 views......

So, which is your proudest thread-creating achievement on NSG? This can be any of how much intelligent debate it fosters, how long it goes for etc. etc.

I was never able to understand what was being talked about in any of my threads after about three pages. My most successful was the thread about tanks...

The "Nazi or Israel" thread I created was the most successful as far as length by far. However the Kashmir thread I consider to be very successful since it created discussion about an issue most don't know a lot about.

I don't remember what it was but I think it was something about school and legislating "good" education.

The thread had over 1000 replies and over 10000 views......

I've noticed in my short time here that there's a pretty general rule that there's 10 views per 1 reply no matter the thread. The really long ones tend to drop in terms of that that ratio but it's generally pretty good until about 700 replies.

Is that just accepted common knowledge?

I've started 1 thread, it was deleted by Mods (no complaints from me) within a couple of hours, hence I don't think it technically counts as a thread.

Not sure I'll bother in future.

my threads rarely get off the ground these days. the UDCP thread went on for ages, and the (second "original") Photography thread was good, considering WYTYG made a new one to follow on from it, so i can kinda claim some credit for it... :)

Well there was that one (non-spam) thread with over 8,000 posts in it.... but that was a religion debate.. So I wont mention it..





.. I don't make many threads. :)

I've created 37 threads, with "Is Morality Objective Or Subjective?" leading the pack with 190 replies.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=469767

Other notables ones were "How Many Sides Does a Circle Have?"
http://forums1.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=470192

"Question For the (Right-Wing) Libertarians"
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=462331

"Places For an NS Meetup?"
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=501014

"Do Extraterrestrials Exist?"
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=477200

"Most Useless Letter?"
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=503639

None of the others got over 100 posts, so I'm not linking to them.

Um. My threads aren't successful. Ever.

My most successful thread designated me as the Pancake.

That thing is still pretty alive too. In Chat. But still twitching every now and again.

The New Photography Thread, obviously, at 103 (default setting) pages.

Although that's not a typical thread and nobody cares who made it.

:(

Apart from that one there are 68 more threads altogether, with the three biggest being about the Soccer World Cup Semifinals between Italy and Germany (31 pages, half of which was annyoing flamey bs), that disgusting library tasering incident (32 pages), and a "What thread would you like to see made?" spam fest (34 pages).

See, I'm much more versatile than my spammy reputation has it. ;P

I've created 37 threads, with "Is Morality Objective Or Subjective?" leading the pack with 190 replies.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=469767

Other notables ones were "How Many Sides Does a Circle Have?"
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=469767
These links are the same, and I can't be arsed to find your circle thread on my own. . .

These links are the same, and I can't be arsed to find your circle thread on my own. . .
20 seconds later... http://forums1.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=470192

20 seconds later... http://forums1.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=470192

Which is why I don't need to be arsed ;)
Course, now I gotta clicky the linky :p

Oh crap, I forgot I have four threads in the archive, the Presidential/Vice Presidential Peanut Galleries.

Mini-hijack: How exactly does one access the archives? Whenever I click it I get nothing, or rather a single stickied thread and nothing beneath it. :confused:

Edit: On topic, I believe I had a thread go about 30 pages, though the average is closer to three, I'd say. That is, I believe 30 was the longest not counting the one World Cup thread I posted, but that was only because no one had posted it first.. not an original idea.

Which is why I don't need to be arsed ;) Good point. :p
Course, now I gotta clicky the linky :pHere, let me click it for you. You're welcome.

I fail at threads, but I had great fun with an "adopt an American" thread I started...

Mini-hijack: How exactly does one access the archives? Whenever I click it I get nothing, or rather a single stickied thread and nothing beneath it. :confused:
At the bottom left of that page there's a "showing threads" thingy. Chose "from the beginning" in the drop down menu and hit the "Show Threads" button.

I had no idea either, until someone answered that question somewhere once.

Good point. :p
Here, let me click it for you. You're welcome.

Din't work :(

At the bottom left of that page there's a "showing threads" thingy. Chose "from the beginning" in the drop down menu and hit the "Show Threads" button.

I had no idea either, until someone answered that question somewhere once.

Aha, thanks.. I remember some of those now. :p

Only 226 posts, but I had fun nonetheless:

Adopt an American (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=520813)

:D

Well, probably when I heard about the explosions in the London tube (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=430458) and the news about the terror attacks only slowly filtered through as the night progressed. We had people actually there posting, and everyone chipping in the latest news (mixed with their opinions). A great example of the internet at its best.

Not sure if this link will work for you, but these are my most popular threads: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/search.php?searchid=730423

An abortion thread, a thread about whether or not France fought well in WWII, a thread about why the Holocaust happened to occur in Germany and not somewhere else, a football thread or two...lots of variety.

For the number of posts and intellectual debate, I'd say my 'argument against God (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=523059)' thread did best, although admittedly I never picked a single side to stay on throughout it all (yep, that's right. I argued with atheists and theists despite beginning by attempting to disprove God. Now that's what I call philosophy).

My first and only thread hijack (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=523283) (the mods made mine the first post, which makes it my hijack *nods*) was pretty good too.

I enjoyed my reactions to alien contact (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=519223) thread as well; it was mildly amusing and I got sigged! Sadly Luporum then changed his sig and got rid of my bit... :(

Lastly, my obituary thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=516911). Fairly popular, relatively amusing and even spawned a copycat thread a while later (can't find the link to the copycat...).

I enjoyed those threads.

*sighs*
I miss the good old days...

I don't like doing threads because they'll die out fast since I don't have the energy to stick around and debate or to even try to keep it alive if it's going bad. I've done two or three threads since I became a member and they've all died fast since they've had obvious answers or because they weren't that serious.

So, which is your proudest thread-creating achievement on NSG? This can be any of how much intelligent debate it fosters, how long it goes for etc. etc.

I was never able to understand what was being talked about in any of my threads after about three pages. My most successful was the thread about tanks...

I got 'Johny needs helpage', the 100-post monument to adolescent sexual desperation, and the toasting thread. These are my longest-lasting ones.

my threads are rarely successful. the longest one was a "what are you listening to thread". apart from that i think i've had a couple that have made it to 6 pages.

*sighs*
I miss the good old days...
Yes, all of two months ago :p

These links are the same, and I can't be arsed to find your circle thread on my own. . .Oops, I'll go fix that now.

My Babe Thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=475628) has a "whopping" 435 posts, making it my most successful.

I haven't had any make it above 6 pages.

Elton John has Superpowers was the most successful.

My Company is Switching to Linux didn't do as bad as I thought.


I fail at making threads.:(

None's been a disaster, nor any of very great significance; I thread lightly.

So, which is your proudest thread-creating achievement on NSG? This can be any of how much intelligent debate it fosters, how long it goes for etc. etc.

I was never able to understand what was being talked about in any of my threads after about three pages. My most successful was the thread about tanks...

PBC #9 :D

Whether or not I'm proud of it, I'm not quite decided, but at ~590 posts declaring almost universal accord in the NSG community, I have to say that this (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=468443) is probably my most successful thread pre-deat-by-inactivity.

None's been a disaster, nor any of very great significance; I thread lightly.

I like that idea :)
Now, to work it into a siggable saying . . .

"Thread lightly, but . . . " or "Thread lightly, and . . . "

By far it was my "Middle East, Saudi Peace Plan" one

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=522965

That thing is still pretty alive too. In Chat. But still twitching every now and again.

Yeah, on the front page of Chat. I can't believe it's still alive- was it that popular, or is chat just that dead?

And I made that thread back in July when I only had 400-some posts, hence my n00bishness :p