The thread about threads

Started by Sirfetch’d November 14th, 2012 2:51 PM
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Fuyuki~

Banned

Age 27
Female
Hawaii
Seen December 5th, 2012
Posted December 3rd, 2012
85 posts
10.5 Years
My thread about swearing had 56 replies.

http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=290237

Not too much. I did make a thread with 25k replies on Gearbox Forums and another one with 14k. I have a guide there with over 100k views and 400 or so replies. So that's more impressive I guess...

Edit: Oh, didn't notice the other to questions.

Are you terrible at making threads?

After a lot of experience on forums, I'd say no. I have a general idea of what makes a good thread, what makes it low content, and so forth.

Do you avoid threads altogether?

No. I don't avoid them, but I stop myself from making a thread if I think there's something wrong with my OP or if the topic doesn't provide much to discuss, but I don't avoid them altogether.

Broken_Arrow

Paper Plane

Female
The Land of Amun
Seen August 28th, 2021
Posted January 5th, 2019
1,209 posts
11.7 Years
Umm,tbh i didn't think that way before,what comes in my mind i try to find it around when i don't find it i just make a thread and discuss! i'm not very good at making thread titles and introduction i just say what comes to mind!

i guess my favorite threads are those ones in OT as i like fourms games..it's fun :3
She never taught him how to cry only how to sing.
Happy in herself - just as she wished to be -
she taught him endless space and vastness
and she calls him: Open-hearted.

Shining Raichu

Expect me like you expect Jesus.

Age 32
Male
Australia
Seen October 17th, 2020
Posted December 21st, 2017
8,958 posts
12.3 Years
This would have to be my most successful thread. 3000+ replies and still going strong!

I'm alright at making threads. The art of thread making isn't really that impressive to master. You just have to have something to talk about and start talking about it.

In OVP it's especially easy. All you have to do is think of a question that hasn't been asked recently :P
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Ho-Oh

used Sacred Fire!

Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
cbf'd looking, but probably most successful were Easter Egg Hunt (2011), Member of the Year (2011), PCX Event Volunteering/Suggestions (2012). I've had a lot of other successful ones (which I've forgotten right now!), but to me those ones stand out because they were important lmao. OH and probably some threads in B/W, I've had a lot of awesome ones there.

I love making threads I've made... a lot, and a lot of my post count is from making threads lool.

Shiny Celebi

Seen August 25th, 2015
Posted October 17th, 2013
2,377 posts
12 Years
My most successful thread: I dunno there's probably one in here though.

Are you terrible at making threads: I would sure hope not, I tend to come up with ideas at the spur of the moment and not very often, creativity in making threads isnt a strong point of mine. I wouldnt say Im terrible at it, just that I lack ideas and creativity.

Volcanix769

Known as the Quilava Guy!

Male
NJ in the U.S
Seen March 11th, 2013
Posted March 8th, 2013
606 posts
11.5 Years
My most successful thread which was probably infamous was the: "Do you think that some of the Unova Pokémon don't even look like Pokémon?" It's because that it was my opinion centered on the Unova Pokemon compared to the others. It was posted 11 months ago and when I saw the first comments based off of what they should look like, I said nothing because I knew that it'll get rough. When I came back to it, I was surprised to see like 264 comments. I still want it to stay as an unlocked thread.

Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
My most successful thread was this, the latest incarnation of the Gender Race in Other Trivia. I can't believe it's still going months after I created that thread.

It currently has a whopping 10,680 posts. And that's including my opening post.

However, most threads I make outside of that section usually end up going to the point of inactivity so yeah, I do fail at making threads, sometimes I can't even think up topics to discuss cos someone already made it (happens a lot in Other Voting Polls).
Gone forever for personal reasons.
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Nick

Seen 4 Weeks Ago
Posted July 28th, 2021
17,572 posts
18.6 Years
I make new threads whenever I'm wondering about something other people do. Though my most successful thread in the Community Supporter DCC with 2,281 replies, the thread I feel most accomplished at creating is the moderator guidelines thread in the staff forums, so that one is my favorite. (:

Kanto_Johto

Never glimpse the truth

Age 30
Male
A Silver Sun
Seen March 19th, 2023
Posted February 23rd, 2013
818 posts
13.9 Years
In terms of quality, definitely the "Things that just don't make sense. At all." thread about troll physics/psychology within Pokemon. I think my biggest thread was the "What DON'T you want to see in the new games?" thread that I made whilst Pokemon Black and White were being developed. More recently my best thread has probably been the one I posted on this forum asking what was on PC's mind 5 minutes before they saw the thread.

I tend to make threads spontaneously. It's more fun that way, at least for me it is.

Edit: Nope I just checked. One of my challenge threads was the longest I made, beating the BW thread by one reply.

Her

Age 29
Seen 4 Hours Ago
Posted 4 Days Ago
The thread I'm most proud of is the short lived C&M Media Timeline (r.i.p, we hardly knew ye), a chronicle of what events the members of PokeCommunity felt was important in the world of media and what not. The release of Thriller, CNN being created, the death of Amy Winehouse etc. I loved it, but only a few other members did and after a month or two of no posts in the thread, but still with an impressive amount of submissions beforehand, I sent a PM to Jon asking him to expunge the thread's existence from the forum. With tears in our eyes, our failed lovechild was derezzed and destroyed. It was a truly great thread; unappreciated by those who should have worshipped it's existence.

I can't remember off the top of my head which thread of mine has the most replies/views, but I remember the original Accent Challenge garnering a quite impressive amount of views and replies,l something that every other incarnation of that thread has not been able to topple. Sorry, droomph! Your version of the Accent Challenge was just destined to fail! Upon checking as I typed this post, my thread had 57 replies and over 3000 views. Well done, I guess!

Meganium

memento mori

she/her
Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
Haven't had any successful threads on this account yet, but on my Meganium90 account...I think the first PokeCommunity Adoption Center thread was the first thread I made that became a success.

I tend to be very scared and very careful when making threads. I'm scared of getting them locked because they were duplicates. So, I ALWAYS use the search feature before making a thread. Plus, I always tend to put a bit of detail into the topic I want to ask, instead of outright ask. xD

Synerjee

Atra du evarinya ono varda.

Everywhere and anywhere.
Seen May 28th, 2016
Posted February 25th, 2016
2,901 posts
10.6 Years
My most successful thread was "A wild Celebrity appeared!". It currently has 31 replies. :)

Oh, an opportunity to advertise my thread (if I'm allowed to do this)! Do contribute your ideas in my thread people! Thank you~:D

Treecko

the princess without voice

Age 31
He/Him
St.Louis,Missouri
Seen November 30th, 2021
Posted November 29th, 2021
6,311 posts
11.2 Years
I guess my Dark-type club ,although I didn't originally create it, I just became owner of the Club.

So I guess my most successful thread I originally thought up , would be "Rate the anime theme above you". Followed by What system will you play B2/W2 on?.
"Unable to perceive the shape of You, I find You all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For You are everywhere"

Elite Overlord LeSabre™

On that 'Non stop road'

Age 97
Shimoda City
Seen 2 Days Ago
Posted January 25th, 2022
9,705 posts
15.5 Years
Not counting my fan fiction threads (because they really don't count) my most successful thread was entitled "I know now why you cry. But it is something I can never do." back in 2010, with 45 replies. Basically it was about how readily folks cry.

I'm not bad at starting threads, but I am lazy about it; hence I don't really start them too often. I'd much rather jump on existing threads and reply to them.

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TwilightBlade

All dreams are but another reality.

Age 31
Female
Florida
Seen 8 Hours Ago
Posted 5 Days Ago
7,098 posts
16 Years
Not counting stickied threads, my most successful thread would be Hotel Florida, one of my old trade shops. It's very easy to amass posts in trade shops (I would have a HUGE thread if I stuck to one shop this whole time). So, not counting trade threads, my next successful thread would be the Sonic Club.

My favorite thread would be Mac's mod promotion thread the Trade Revamp thread. I just find it amazing to discuss feedback/comments with my regulars, whom I dearly love.

I wouldn't call myself terrible at making threads. I just.. don't often make threads, haha. Maybe it's out of shyness, or maybe it's because I can find many things to post in so I'm all good.

Austin

Age 26
he / him
Arizona
Seen 5 Hours Ago
Posted 1 Week Ago
2,719 posts
14.1 Years
My most successful thread was my New User Introduction thread :P
It's actually the ONLY thread I've posted lol
paired with Aslan