What makes a good thread?

[Lioness_Heart]

Okay... so I have been wondering this for a while. What gives certain threads longevity? How did we maintain the stamina to count to 10000 while couldn't manage a few digits of pi?? Why are some threads SO much more popular than others?

Is it the thread-starters?? Do people see someone with loads of posts and look more favourably on a thread that they've started? Is it the responsibility of the starter to maintain the thread?

Or is it the topic? A more general thread gives more scope, but a specific one could allow more depth...

Why do some threads lie dormant for months before resurfacing? And why are others consigned to the scrapheap the moment they are... threaded?

I'd like to hear your views...

How long will this thread last???...

[LadyW]

Personally...
I believe that in general, threads that pose a question to individuals about themselves are most popular, most appealing.
I'm not criticizing, I believe it is a way for LitNetters to express themselves freely, without feeling limited as they do in real life.

[Dori]

What makes good threads? Good posters. ;)

[blazeofglory]

The forum that covers multiple subjects indeed becomes popular and grabs attention of people.

Of course this forum too is very popular in that it is rather liberal and does not censor mostly.

I belong to several forums and this one obsesses me and occupies me more, for the people here are are rather intellectually more elevated. All come with lofty ideas here.

[dramasnot6]

Before you even go into the thread...
a)The title catches your attention by referring to something controversial/interesting/you personally like/mysterious or by asking you a question that makes you think or that you think you have a good answer to
b) It was started by someone you like, has a lot of posts, has almost no posts and is a really hot topic(you want to be the first to have a say!)

When you enter the thread...
a) The first post is clear in it's intentions, asks you good questions, has some humor, says something you totally agree/disagree with or touches you

When you leave the thread...
a) You want to tell your friends about it
b) You still think about what was on the thread when searching other parts of Litnet...or maybe even off LitNet
c) You give props to the person who started it

[Lote-Tree]

Okay... so I have been wondering this for a while. What gives certain threads longevity?


All you need to do Lioness, is add Lote-Tree to your threads and it work like magic ;-) :D



How did we maintain the stamina to count to 10000


Yikes that the boring-est thread imaginable!



Why are some threads SO much more popular than others?


It has Lote-Tree mysticism to them ;-) :D



Is it the thread-starters?


Nope. I think it's the people who engage in it :D



How long will this thread last???...

With me around it can last for all eternity :D

[mercy_mankind]

Personally...
I believe that in general, threads that pose a question to individuals about themselves are most popular, most appealing.
I'm not criticizing, I believe it is a way for LitNetters to express themselves freely, without feeling limited as they do in real life.

I agree with you , but not every thread.



b) It was started by someone you like, has a lot of posts, has almost no posts and is a really hot topic(you want to be the first to have a say!)

a) The first post is clear in it's intentions, asks you good questions, has some humor,


Yes that is true . I've a thread that there is only two entered ,
I think that you have to write a thread not about your thoughts but about LitNet members's thoughts .
because that thread considered to be so important to me and I did a researches , discussions on it , but finally there is no one has to say nothing.


All you need to do Lioness, is add Lote-Tree to your threads and it work like magic ;-) :D


:) Yes that is true , might be true :)
I did it once , in Women with culture , but I think that it is not because of Lote-tree :)
but because of it is something belongs to WOMEN :)


Okay... so I have been wondering this for a while.

Thank you very much :),
you asked a serious questions , I was in need to find answers on them . and i think that your thread will last for a limited period.
I could tell you What makes a lock thread , I'm one of the most members that could lock their threads easily :)

[Lote-Tree]

:) Yes that is true , might be true :)


Off course it is ;-) :D there is no doubt about that ;-)



I did it once , in Women with culture , but I think that it is not because of Lote-tree :)
but because of it is something belongs to WOMEN [/COLOR]:)


To women belongs everything it just that men don't notice it :D

[dramasnot6]

Sex appeal!

:p

[Lioness_Heart]

All you need to do Lioness, is add Lote-Tree to your threads and it work like magic ;-) :D

Sorry, Lote-Tree, how could I not realise???



Sex appeal!

:p

:rolleyes: ... of course. I suppose that teenagers DO make up a lot of this site...



you asked a serious questions , I was in need to find answers on them . and i think that your thread will last for a limited period. [/COLOR]

Hmmmm... now I'm determined to keep this thread going FOREVER... but I can't think how :bawling:

[Pensive]

Hmmmm... now I'm determined to keep this thread going FOREVER... but I can't think how :bawling:

Let's play Word Association here. :p

[gbrekken]

Even after one and a half years, the best threads can be resurrected. Remind you of anything worthwhile?

[blazeofglory]

In point of fact some contentious topics may touch all

[The Atheist]

Okay... so I have been wondering this for a while. What gives certain threads longevity?

Ha!

Easy question, simple answer:

Men. (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43406)


We've already dealt with the women, languishing away in storage somewhere; now we're aiming at that "thinking" rubbish.


:D

[blazeofglory]

Of course straight forwardness