Friday's Most Active Threads

A couple of days ago I noted that the most active threads of the previous day both involved bicycles. One thread argued that the "bike lobby" was too powerful and a second thread applauded the increased number of cargo bikes being used around town. Another thread discussing changes to Connecticut Avenue — which involves the installation of bike lanes — has been running for several days with considerable engagement. That thread opposed the changes and, in reaction, a poster started a new thread yesterday titled, "With all this negativity about bikes and pedestrians" in which the poster asks how to support changes such as those proposed for Connnecticut Avenue. Posted in the "Metropolitan DC Local Politics", the thread largely duplicates the discussion of the other threads and involves many of the same posters. Nevertheless, the thread led in the number of replies yesterday.

Like the other bicycle-related threads in which a handful of posters were responsible for large numbers of posts, this one also has multiple posts by the same posters. Leading the pack was a proponent of the changes who posted 26 times. Multiple posters were in double digets for replies. Despite all of the replies, the thread didn't seem to have very broad interest as in number of views it was only 10th for the day.

Second in number of replies and first in number of views was a thread in the "Relationship Discussion (non-explicit)" titled, "Crossed a boundary due to mixing medicine/alcohol". The original post is a little convoluted and if you are interested, just go read it. But, the thread – as far as I can tell without carefully reading it – doesn't really address the original poster's original query. Rather, the thread appears to have veered off in a bunch of different directions. Often threads like this are little more than Rorschach tests that reveal more about the responders than they do to answer the original poster.

Third in number of replies and second in number of views was a thread in the "College and University Discussion" forum titled, "Which schools DON'T go to the "other" pile for McKinsey?" The original post, as well as the first reply which was also posted by the original poster, analyzes universities favored by McKinsey and Company. However, a brief skim of the thread suggests that most responses are devoted to criticizing McKinsey and discussing the company's involvement in activities considered unethical by the responders.