Which Contributes MOST To Keeping A Thread Alive?

WeDidIt

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:06 PM
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Poll question: Which Contributes MOST To Keeping A Thread Alive?

Some threads fall off the front page of GD in minutes. Others spend hours with repsonses keeping the thread active.

Which Contributes MOST To Keeping A Thread Alive?

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Orrex

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:08 PM
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1. My irresistible charisma means that my presence in a thread is sure to keep it alive

Or something.

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The Straight Story

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:09 PM
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2. Sex

Is always the right answer

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fadedrose

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:12 PM
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4. Why doncha try starting a post with the title, SEX, and see what happens :)

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fadedrose

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:11 PM
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3. Topic of OP is of interest to most people, or they are strongly

agreeing with or dissenting against the OP subject.

Kick would be next.

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HughMoran

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:14 PM
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5. beef

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flvegan

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:15 PM
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6. Mentioning PETA.

Thread will live for days.

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Renew Deal

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:21 PM
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9. lol

true

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Matariki

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Thu Jul-09-09 11:07 PM
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16. Or talking about food

Or disciplining children.

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MADem

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:19 PM
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7. Well, flamewar produces lots of kicks simply as a result of responses, and lots of traffic

will produce "recommends" (and unrecommends). But I think "flamewar" is a winner, because those attract the traffic in the first place--everyone is interested in weighing in on contentious topics.

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Touchdown

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:20 PM
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8. Vegans, smokers, circumcisers.

Some may be all 3. The trifecta.:D

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Renew Deal

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:21 PM
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10. You forgot non-breast feeders

:hide:

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Dogmudgeon

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:22 PM
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11. Group self-pity and "domineering victimhood"

Edited on Thu Jul-09-09 10:25 PM by Dogmudgeon

on edit: added crusade

Get five or more people together who don't like that their favorite personality or crusade is getting some criticism, and soon enough, you'll have a whole thread of seething oppressed victims of the New Holocaust ready to tear apart anyone who so much as lets a word go misspelled.

It's easy to find examples across the whole spectrum.

--d!
It's sad, really.

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Touchdown

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:43 PM
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12. witness one about to take off.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6028421

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TexasObserver

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Thu Jul-09-09 10:47 PM
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13. Idiotic flamewars do that.

All it takes is two posters who don't know how to stop pissing and moaning at each other.

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Toasterlad

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Thu Jul-09-09 11:02 PM
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14. Flamewar By Definition Kicks a Thread, So That's the Answer.

I never paid any real attention to the recommend feature, and, quite frankly, don't understand what all the fuss is about.

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L. Coyote

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Thu Jul-09-09 11:05 PM
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15. Do'h! You forgot the subject matter.

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scubadude

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Thu Jul-09-09 11:09 PM
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17. Could it be posts?

:shrug:

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leftofthedial

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Thu Jul-09-09 11:28 PM
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18. orchestrated gangs of sock puppets

and a flame war big enough to attract numerous real posters in opposition to the corporatocracy.

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Raine1967

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Thu Jul-09-09 11:33 PM
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19. Kick.

I back my vote up.... Do you?

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