How does a thread die?

[Dea Artia]

Ok, I know a thread dies when no one post messages, but exactly what happens to it? Is it just lost or are the posts stored somewhere? Can you get to a dead thread say, after a few months or something?

Merci!

 

[Iris]

I know you can go back at least a year, because that's the longest time frame on the options pull down menu. After that, I don't know.

 

[Iris]

Wait, I stand corrected

There's a Show All Threads option too, so I guess even the first post is still around somewhere.

 

[jcgirl]

You can go back to the very first thread on here. Try going to the last page.

 

[Pyper]

What happens to a thread deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

 

[MysteryJKR]

yea they just keep going into the back pages, which is kinda crazy. There are moderators and Laurel posts and everything. Deleting and getting rid of a lot of the clutter could really save on bandwhidth and space. Yet I dont think ANYTHING gets deleted. just edited on occasions when its offensive. hehe.

 

[Dillinger]

Just running back-up for Kerrie... keeping the thread alive (and padding my post totals).

 

[jcgirl]

Just running back-up for Kerrie... keeping the thread alive (and padding my post totals).

You know Dill, I rarely look at the # of posts someone has, I doubt anyone else pays much attention either

 

[Madame Pandora]

Kerrie cannot kill a thread...

After she posts there are too many of us adding:

LMAO!!

That was incredible!!

And

Damn, babe, you rock!!

In various forms onto the end of it.

MP

 

[Dillinger]

Neither do I jcgirl - but see Kerrie's post on my "I am NOT a smartass" thread and you'll understand my comment.

 

[Dillinger]

OH!!! I forgot!!!

Kerrie... Damn, babe, you rock!!

 

[Pyper]

Damn. Nobody commented on my Langston Hughes parody. Just damn.

 

[Iris]

Pyper

Langston who?

 

[Iris]

Careful Kerrie

That might have been the last post.

YOU ROCK!!!

 

[Dillinger]

Damn, Pyper - I missed that... to late at night to be literate, I think! *lol*

 

[Pyper]

Pyper, I'm sorry! I thought it was great, but couldn't think of Langston Hughes' name to save me. I couldn't decide if it was James Baldwin or Maya Angelou or Jewel.

Jewel?! LOL!

 

[Dillinger]

Hey Pyper...

I, too, sing Literotica!!!

 

[Dillinger]

Laughing at yourself, Kerrie? Or with yourself?

 

[Madame Pandora]

Hey, she's got a good sense of humor, I bet she cracks herself up too.

The voices in her own head need entertainment as much as the BB

MP

 

[Dillinger]

Self-pleasure - self-amuse... why not?

Hell - I sit here posting sometimes and laughing my ass off only to find out that less than a handful of people found it funny (or, to be more blunt... got it).

 

[jcgirl]

Dill your funny?

 

[Dillinger]

Guess its just a matter of opinion, jcgirl...

 

[jcgirl]

Ahhhhhh.

Explains alot.....no really.....you are funny....and not looking..

 

[Madame Pandora]

Dillinger...

I think a "handful" is a bit optimistic...

sometimes he's funny, jc...you just have to be there when it happens.

MP

 

[Dillinger]

Thanks jcgirl.

For example I just posted what I find to be a hilarious thread called "Reality is the ultimate Roschach"

The concept itself is actually quite serious. What is hilarious is the responses it will get. (if it gets any)