is there any *value* to reading threads over 3 pages long?

I wish there was an easy way to identify the last page I read of a lengthy thread.
 
 

Bristol_Jonesey
I wish there was an easy way to identify the last page I read of a lengthy thread.
 
 

Just bookmark it/put it in Favorites, Jonesy. You can always delete the bookmark later.
 

mixmkr
I mean...you delve into a thread...if it goes past 3 pages, typically it's off topic or gets locked or becomes a platter for internet goofyness...  How do you have time to record and read a 35 page thread?

Sometimes there is value in long threads, though in this forum it’s often for demented entertainment.  The longest Internet thread I've ever participated in is the 156 page (and counting) thread over in MusicPlayer Network/Keyboard Magazine's Keyboard Corner, about Aspen Pittman's SpaceStation version 3 keyboard amp. There is less vitriol in that 156 page thread than there is in the current Ugly UI...SpLat 2016.5 five page thread here. Go figure.....

Bristol_Jonesey
There's a UK footballing forum where I participate. One of the threads runs to 13,905 pages and 317,600 posts.
 
But it's not for the faint hearted. The competing factions can and are extremely abusive & vitriolic towards each other, although the use of expletives is strictly forbidden

Hah! That's marvellously British. What's that, old chap? You want to say horriffic, terrible, likely violent things about and to each other? Why, go right ahead, that's perfectly natural when the subject is as important as football... but please, don't swear! It's just not done. For heaven's sake, children might be listening!
 
(I'm Canadian, it's pretty much the same, except we're all really nice to each other )

Good question mixmkr. And I agree with rwheeler in that Craig's weekly tips are definitely worth the read, although that is more of an ongoing tutorial than a robust 10 page discussion on some issue that affects a Sonar user. If a discussion interests me I will usually read the first page or so, then only read the posts made by those that I consider making relevant points, or valuable additions, to said discussion, and start skipping those that haven't made any meaningful contribution up to that point. That said, there is sometimes entertainment to be had by reading a lively back and forth between those of "differing opinions".

The above post was for Bristol Jonesey's use on the UK Footballers forum...

Value is in the eye of the bitcoin beholder.

Tunerman
For Bristol J:
OK, off topic but I couldn't help myself....<grin>
 
Insult someone with class! The "Shakespearean Insulter"!
An insult for every occasion!
http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html
And if you need to whip one up yourself, here is the "Shakespeare Insult Kit"!
http://web.mit.edu/…/Funny-pages/shakespeare-insult-kit.html

That's brilliant! Thanks

Longer threads are much like a pub, folks come and go and the topic shifts accordingly. Not that they are not entertaining at times, but not required to read every post.
 
The ones that are more annoying to me is where the OP continually re-engages a thread just to keep it alive (sometimes to keep the OP in focus, and others just to wreak havoc). The wreak havoc ones could certainly be laid to rest sooner.

kennywtelejazz
I hate to admit this , my therapist is pretty impressed with my new found ability to cope  .
I've told him about some of the things those mega threads have kicked up for me ..
You know , stuff like some of the Rubs with a few select folks that just have a way of climbing under the skin ... 
 
I've always been one to choose my words wisely simply because if I ever end up having to eat them I can't blame the way they taste on the Cook  .
 
Kenny
 

Good thoughts Kenny!