> > I've been trying to follow the metric conversation on recent messages for a while, and it's made me curious. What are some of the longest threads on the message forum? What ARE peoples favorite topics so far?
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> I'd have to write a script to find the longest thread, and I'm sure I will at some point, although I don't have time right now. However, the results would be somewhat questionable, because I've deleted a couple of the longest threads.

If I remember rightly, the longest thread was "The Second Box," which had several hundred posts to it. Though it may have been outstripped by now (that is, if it were still around).