For the newer people: Ways to get more replies to your threads

johnnie

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Thu Sep-15-05 08:54 AM
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For the newer people: Ways to get more replies to your threads

I know that it can be frustrating when you first come here and it seems that no one is paying attention to your posts and threads. The truth is, even after being here a while your threads still have a chance of dropping and you will have hundreds of posts that don't get a reply.

It's something that everyone here goes through, but just to help you out I have come up with a list of things to do if you want to watch your threads build up the numbers.

1) Most cooking threads take off. The way to really get it going is to state that you make the best ribs, chicken, steak or anything else over an open fire. For some reason "me make best food on fire" statement hasn't wavered since the dawn of human existence. To add a bit of flare to the thread state that you use propane, charcoal or wood to cook your hunk of meat, in fact that can be a thread of its own.

2) Speaking of food, say something that will make the traditionalist gasp. For example, say that you boil your ribs in grape soda or that you coat your chicken with Fruit Loops. This is bound to get the fires burning and you will watch your thread flame up like lighter fluid on your gas grill.

3) Change your username to SkinnerPitt.

4) Correct the people on DU that moron is spelled m-o-r-o-n and not m-o-r-a-n. This should automatically get you 50 responses of the explanation of why "moran" is used here. Chances are that 30-40% or so posts will also be accompanied w/ a photo.

5) Start a thread on Britney Spears. For some odd reason the pop diva has effected many lives and any thread on her will keep you on the first page for days. Even a thread such as "Britney Spears walked her dog today" will automatically get you 25-30 posts in a few minutes and they will continue to build for a week or more. Sure it's a cheap move, but hey... it gets ya the numbers.

6) Next is music. Music threads are bound to get you replies. Music is a funny thing, it is something that I believe is part of our inner being from the day we are born, but yet has caused more arguments in conversations than religion and politics combined. Every person likes some sort of music and because there are thousands of different types of music and millions of performers of music, it is guaranteed that not everyone will like the exact same thing.

Music is a very personal part of our being, but yet people will still argue over who's taste in music is better. It's absurd but true. So if you start a music thread people will undoubtedly feel that because one person doesn't like what they like it is a personal attack. It's a way to get the numbers flowing and because there is never a correct answer to "who is the best", the thread could go on for quite a while.

7) Smoking... oh yeah! "I love smoking", "I hate smokers", and "second hand smoke" threads will bring 'em in. It might start out slow, but the flames to follow will ultimately be :popcorn: heaven.

8) Children in restaurants or supermarkets are other topics that have been known to bring some numbers to the table. Never suggest how a person should raise their children, it could burn ya but good.

9) Religion is the holy grail of numbersville. Because of the number of major world religions, beliefs and non-beliefs, combined with the hundreds of splinters of each of those, we have thousands of possibilities. You are bound to piss off a hand full of people, who will then each piss off another handful of people and so on and so on and so on. It's a 98% chance that your thread will get locked, but you will ring up the numbers faster than you can say "Mel Gibson".

Well, that's a few ideas I have for you if you feel that your threads die too fast. As I said, we all experience it and it's part of being in a crowd of 70,000 plus people. I'm sure there are some other ideas out there so be my guest and add some more.