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Is 51 the max no of 'threads I'm on' that can be shown?

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CantSleepWontSleep · 19/04/2008 20:55

Have noticed that no matter how many extra threads I post on, my thread count remains at 51, and the oldest (though only a couple of days old and I have it set to show 5 days) drops off each time I add a new one.

It's rather annoying, as it means that I sometimes miss further discussion on threads that I'm interested in.

Is this intentional?

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JaneMumsnet · 20/04/2008 22:11

We are allowed time off you know

The answer is... dunno. I'll ask senior Tech tomorrow. It looks like 51 is the max, that's what I have as well.

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YetMoreTech · 21/04/2008 11:11

51 is the maximum and isn't something that can be changed on a per user basis.

Why 51? Well, if you're asking why 51 and not 50, the answer is, it looks like a mistake - probably a case of someone forgetting that things often get stored starting from zero rather than from one, so if you put a limit of 50 you end up with 51 things.

And if you're asking why have a limit at all, its because retrieving lots of threads is quite expensive computationally (non-tech translation: it takes a lot of computer oomph) so there needs to be some limit. 50 is a bit arbitrary but it seems like a reasonable number. It's not such a big deal with "Threads I'm On" but the same bit of the system does Active Conversations and that definitely needs a modest limit because it gets used all the time.

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