Really, really, really long threads.

[Flagg]

Two questions really. How come in the "brief description of who you are" thread there are more replies than page views?
And also, do people really read a thread that's got 753 people saying what colour eyes and hair they've got. I mean really, isn't it all a bit tedious?

 

[Weird Harold]

Foibles of the Demon thread

Flagg asked: "How come in the "brief description of who you are" thread there are more replies than page views?"

The old BB software didn't count views, so the thread had over 600 posts before the counting started.

Flag also asked: "And also, do people really read a thread that's got 753 people saying what colour eyes and hair they've got."

If that's all that was in the demon thread, it wouldn't be nearly as long as it is. There are about 10-15 pages of that thread that involve an auction of various regulars with rediculaous bids that escalate to the level of the GNP of a third world nation. There are numerous self-defeating attempts to kill it that that comprise about another 4 or 5 pages so far.

Interspersed in amongst the silliness, there are actually some descriptions. (About one description per page on average.)

 

[Merelan]

Luckily that reading that thread is required in order to register, or there wouldn't be any new people here.

 

[Guest]

"A Brief Description Of Who You Are"...

A while back someone mentioned how "everyone" on the board has answered that thread. (They were mentioning this to a newbie after saying hello.) Anyway, I never responded to it. Many of the threads that have tons of replies to it I won't open up (unless I had responded BEFORE it became large). I don't have the patience to sit through a 100-so "new" posts. I guess I'm just lazy?

~Tiggs~
http://smilecwm.tripod.com/ct/frog.gif

 

[Flagg]

I'm with you on that one Tiggs. I never responded to it either and I certainly wasn't going to read the bloody thing!

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I predict that this will become the longest thread in Literotica history.

 

[Guest]

lol DCL. We'll see! http://smilecwm.tripod.com/ruinkai/FRO.gif

 

[Endlessly]

I replied to it once-- I think I'm probably on the first or second page-- and never opened it up again.

Has anyone SEEN slut boy lately? I miss the little pervert.

 

[Lasher]

*See Endlessly's Post Above*

Same here... Posted early, saw what it degenerated to, then never went back again. Everytime I see it back on the list of active threads I cringe.

The only reason I'm posting to this thread is to help DCL's prediction come true...

 

[CurlyGirly]

If a post has more than like 20 replies, I don't even bother. I guess I'm lazy too. What can I say?

 

[Skibum]

Itry to avoid any thread that runs to more than 2 pages. I have inadvertantly been the post that started page three a time or two, but they just take too long to read.

 

[Havocman]

So that's the secret of achieving Gurudom, eh folks?

Selective reading...choosy cruising...hmmmmm, mayhap I would have reached Enlightenment a long time ago, had I not been foolish enough to waste my time reading, at length, the weighty opinions of all of you Guru types and intellectual superiors from across the pond in the various multi-page epics covering all manner of politics, theology, and science...

Or maybe the problem is I like being silly more than I like getting into philosophical debates about the creation of the universe, and whether or not cheeze whiz is a food group unto itself, but I digress....

That's okay, you guys can just stay away from the "Longest Thread in Literotica History"...by all means please do...stay innocent and unknowing of the evil forces that Slutboy the Supreme Master of Darkness has unleashed here in your midst...we, the Defenders of Literotica, shall be there when that thread rolls over 1000 replies, partying and keeping you safe and secure in your illusionary shells of superiority...we'll be standing on that wall, the wall that you don't like to admit you need, because deep down inside, in those secret dark places that you never like to visit, you want us on that wall, you need us on that wall...you want the truth? You can't handle the truth....

Sorry, digressed again, but anyway...when that thread reaches the magical mark of 1000, and your PCs and laptops begin to meltdown, and all civilization as we know it begins to fall apart at the seams, just know that the few of us that where there to see it happen will be the ones that crawl out of the rubble to re-establish order in a crazy world gone mad...like cockroaches...we shall be the new Overlords...and if you think that the meek are going to inherit the Earth, well we'll be there to just take it away from 'em....Muahahahahaha

(this tongue in cheek diatribe brought to you by)
Havoc the Mighty
& the Defenders of Literotica

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Cheez-Whiz IS a food group, and here's ten pages of text explaining why.....

[Edited by Dixon Carter Lee on 06-29-2000 at 01:43 PM]

 

[SimplySouthern]

Just a meaningless post to help DCL out with his forecast.

 

[Guest]

I still remember my tour of duty in The Strand That Never Dies. Sometimes I have flashbacks and break out in a cold sweat. But you know the worse thing? We were fuckin' heroes, Man, and nobody gave a shit about us. We didn't expect no Goddamned red-carpet when we got out of that Hell but, shit, you know, a 'Welcome Home Guys' woulda been nice. Would it have killed ya just to crack open a tin of beer?

You people just didn't want to know, did you? Do you know what it feels like to be swept under the carpet like a dried up old roach?

"I BID $6,0000,0000,0000,00000 on the Heathen Girl with the tight top... aw, shit man, they got Shy_Guy. Poor kid didn't stand a chance..."

Sorry. Flashback.

Anyone know when Oliver Stone's doing the movie?

 

[Patryn]

Amen all of you!! I think the damn thing should be locked, personally. No, there's nothing offensive in there, unless you count the sheer girth of it.

Laurel, Manu, you listening?

 

[Carl East]

I had a good idea the other day, (or at least I thought it was) concerning this very subject.

Here goes: What if, Laurel and Manu gave permission to the person that started the thread, to edit, cut out, or just tidy up that thread once it had reached the end of the line. In other words, once they were convinced it wasn't going to receive anymore posts.

If you take my recent thread as an example, I would take out all the whinging and leave the humour and good honest replies behind. That would make it a damn good read in my opinion.

What do you think.

From the one and only Carl.

 

[Guest]

CENSORSHIP! CENSORSHIP! YOU HEAR THAT? THEY'RE TRYING TO CENSOR US NOW!

Anyone in the mood for an auction?

 

[Rosebud]

I say leave the threads alone...if you don't want to read it...don't...but there are some who do and since we have all fought enough on posting where and by who and just not reading posts that offend....I say enough...censorship just leads into problems...if everyone is legal there is no need to censor

 

[April]

Carl, WTF is whinging, anyway? Is it whining or is it different?

Roger, you poor thing, you. Here is your welcome home. <ripping open shirt and exposing breasts>

*waking up from dozing off in front of the computer again, WTF, was I dreaming? how did my shirt get ripped? man, I have got to stop this!*

LOL

 

[Guest]

Here goes: What if, Laurel and Manu gave permission to the person that started the thread, to edit, cut out, or just tidy up that thread once it had reached the end of the line.

There is something similar to that already Carl. The post I had started on Hurly was deleted by ME.

 

[April]

Huh. I just assumed it got pushed to another page. Talk about oblivious!

 

[Rosebud]

not anymore...the great Manu decided that it wasn't fair to all the other postees....*falls down to knees worshipping the great Manu and Laurel.....*

 

[Guest]

Roger, you poor thing, you. Here is your welcome home. <ripping open shirt and exposing breasts>

Hell, that's quite a welcome home, M'am. They should hand those things out instead of medals.

Carl, WTF is whinging, anyway?

That's just the same as whining, moaning and complaining but it's worse 'cause it's in Britain, so it's probably raining too.

 

[Carl East]

Roger: I suppose it is censorship really, I just thought that by the time it had run it's course, everyone and their pet canery would have read it.

Rosebud: It was just an idea, I do understand the opposition though.

April: It is whining, and yes it's raining. LOL

Tigg's: I didn't know that, but I can see why you did.

Carl.