Longest Threads

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Contents 1 Current Record Across All MetaFilter Sites 2 MetaFilter Record Holder 3 MetaTalk Record Holders 4 Ask MetaFilter Record Holder 5 Chart comparisons

[edit] Current Record Across All MetaFilter Sites

Currently, the longest thread in MetaFilter history is the Sarah Palin thread about the Vice President Nominee pick of Republican Presidential candidate John McCain, which was created on August 29th, 2008. The thread surpassed the previous record, the MetaTalk Sans Quoi? thread, in 8 days, 3 hours, and 37 minutes on September 5th, 2008.

[edit] MetaFilter Record Holder

5,555 Comments Sarah Palin as McCain's Running-mate

Previous Record Holders:

2,556 Comments Boing Boing Finds 21st Century Trotsky (aka the "Violet Blue Unpublishing Controversy")

1,829 Comments Ted Haggard resigns over sex scandal

Prior to 30-day expiration on threads:

1,729 Comments "9622" 2001-2002 (over 392 days).

1,614 Comments "1142" 2000-2002 (24 months).

[edit] MetaTalk Record Holders

3,648 Comments Sans quoi?

Previous Record Holder:

2,686 Comments "9622v.2"

[edit] Ask MetaFilter Record Holder

749 Comments What Is This Creepy Site Advertising?

[edit] Chart comparisons

• Graph of first 10 days of a typical MetaFilter thread.
• Graph of first 10 days of Violet Blue Controversy thread.
• Graph of first 10 days of the Sarah Palin thread.