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 Post subject: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:57 am 
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Many posts go forever unread because they dwell on the very bottom of a thread page. This problem has existed since the dawn of internet message boards as we know them. There must be a way to end this once and for all.

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:03 am 
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my guess is lenny's bottom-paged more posts than anyone in the history of RM.


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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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Spike wrote:
my guess is lenny's bottom-paged more posts than anyone in the history of RM.

We don't need a hero, we need solutions.

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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make infinite pages that begin and start where it ends/begins :idea:

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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make infinite pages that begin and start where it ends/begins :idea:

Imagine how long the Random Picture Thread would take to load!

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
mastaflatch wrote:
make infinite pages that begin and start where it ends/begins :idea:

Imagine how long the Random Picture Thread would take to load!

of course, as you scroll it would sometimes have to freeze and load the next 2345.

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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Maybe we could make bottom paged posts more unpredictable and make each page of a thread a random number of posts long.

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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This happens to me all the time. Usually on posts I'm kind of proud of, too.

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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I somehow feel as though Human Bass has some good advice for this thread.

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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If the post is good enough it will be quoted.

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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
If the post is good enough it will be quoted.

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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Alex wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
If the post is good enough it will be quoted.

pearls before swine, godbody


Your personal attacks of late have been nah-esque, before he actually hit his stride.

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Alex wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
If the post is good enough it will be quoted.

pearls before swine, godbody


Your personal attacks of late have been nah-esque, before he actually hit his stride.

i'm not sure you understand what i was driving at with that one

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Alex wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Alex wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
If the post is good enough it will be quoted.

pearls before swine, godbody


Your personal attacks of late have been nah-esque, before he actually hit his stride.

i'm not sure you understand what i was driving at with that one


Do tell, then.

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Alex wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Alex wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
If the post is good enough it will be quoted.

pearls before swine, godbody


Your personal attacks of late have been nah-esque, before he actually hit his stride.

i'm not sure you understand what i was driving at with that one


Do tell, then.

one could fill an entire forum with well-executed Alex posts that have been bottom-paged without the slightest of acknowledgements, truth-seeker

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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Alex wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Alex wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Alex wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
If the post is good enough it will be quoted.

pearls before swine, godbody


Your personal attacks of late have been nah-esque, before he actually hit his stride.

i'm not sure you understand what i was driving at with that one


Do tell, then.

one could fill an entire forum with well-executed Alex posts that have been bottom-paged without the slightest of acknowledgements, truth-seeker


I will capture your tears in a dixie cup and drink them to my fill.

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Alex wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Alex wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Alex wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
If the post is good enough it will be quoted.

pearls before swine, godbody


Your personal attacks of late have been nah-esque, before he actually hit his stride.

i'm not sure you understand what i was driving at with that one


Do tell, then.

one could fill an entire forum with well-executed Alex posts that have been bottom-paged without the slightest of acknowledgements, truth-seeker


I will capture your tears in a dixie cup and drink them to my fill.

your efforts will be fruitless. my searing glow of self-importance has vaporized that fount.

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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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plenty of pearls there, and we're still on page one.


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 Post subject: Re: The "bottom-of-the-thread" problem
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I would like to see the bottom paged post that drew the ire of spike enough to create a thread about it.


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