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    Successful thread criterion.

    What does it take for a thread to be truly successful? Do you think there is a minimum number of posts? What about post/view ratio?

    It seems successful threads have roughly 12% or more posts in relation to views. I think as that goes up, particularly in threads over 150 posts long, the thread is more successful.

    thoughts?
    "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

    "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."
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    Successful threads usually have certain people not taking part, unless it was a troll - in which case the more nutters the better.
    One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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    • #3
      Views indicate interest in other's viewpoints, without the conviction to state their own. IMO.
      Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
      "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
      He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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      • #4
        or inadequate motivation by the poster
        "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

        "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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        • #5
          A thread that copies and pastes material from a myspace.com homepage is a thread heading for failure.
          A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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          • #6
            Is the gas thread your first to go over 500 (as it likely seems to)?

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            • #7
              I consider a thread successful, if Pekka posts in it.
              “As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
              "Capitalism ho!"

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              • #8
                Re: Successful thread criterion.

                Originally posted by Kaak
                What does it take for a thread to be truly successful?
                Two sides - one obviously right, one unbelievably stubborn.

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                • #9
                  That's pretty good, Kuci.

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                  • #10
                    can you guys not talk about one thing without bringing up another?
                    "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

                    "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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                    • #11
                      Re: Successful thread criterion.

                      Originally posted by Kaak
                      Do you think there is a minimum number of posts?
                      For a really successful thread I expect at least an opening post
                      Blah

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                      • #12
                        A successful thread needs at least two nukes being sent to Comrade Tassadar.
                        I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).

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                        • #13
                          I wonder what he is doing now...

                          I wonder if he has found any more communist athems..

                          JM
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                          • #14
                            A successful thread stays on topic (as long as possible). If the first dozen posts are all on topic then we have a winner.
                            "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
                            "Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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                            • #15
                              A successful thread degenerates into name-calling within the first 10 posts. Someone's feelings should get hurt on the first page, and either Fez, Wiglaf or EvC should show up halfway through the second page in order to reinvigorate it. Other than that, some references to hockey, physics, math and Canadian politics are definite bonuses.
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                              Stadtluft Macht Frei
                              Killing it is the new killing it
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