Top 25 Longest Topics
(by Number of Posts)

This ranks the length of each topic by the number of messages posted.

Ranking	Topic	# of Messages Posted
1	Misc.   > >   Avatars, Signatures, and Member Names	581
2	Music   > >   what is everyone listening to?	349
3	Misc.   > >   top five lists	307
4	Misc.   > >   the white stripes are coming back to nashville	259
5	Misc.   > >   Punchable Faces	229
6	General   > >   Slow Bar	217
7	General   > >   The Officially Official Setlist Vote	208
8	Misc.   > >   FlyingFeaturesFansGF	186
9	Misc.   > >   De Novo Dahl @ Red Rose: Fri. 5-16-03	184
10	Concert Reviews   > >   10-2-03 Inferno Bar Setlist	182
11	General   > >   The Features full length info	177
12	Misc.   > >   Dreams	172
13	Misc.   > >   Important Things	165
14	Misc.   > >   there are 14 people on the board	163
15	General   > >   dancing in the district	159
16	Misc.   > >   fuck school	152
17	Misc.   > >   Cigarettes	151
	Misc.   > >   Old School Memories	151
19	Misc.   > >   The LOST thread	149
20	Misc.   > >   fucked up films	146
	News and Politics   > >   depleted uranium	146
22	General   > >   The Features, National TV Debut	140
23	Misc.   > >   First Job	138
	Music   > >   Different Class	138
25	General   > >   12th & Porter, Two Nights in a Row!	136
	Misc.   > >   soap	136

Top 25 Longest Topics
(by Number of Words)

This ranks the length of each topic by the number of words posted.

Ranking	Topic	# of Words Posted
1	Misc.   > >   Avatars, Signatures, and Member Names	15,545
2	Misc.   > >   top five lists	14,693
3	Music   > >   what is everyone listening to?	12,026
4	Misc.   > >   Theft	11,524
5	Misc.   > >   WAR	11,110
6	General   > >   The Officially Official Setlist Vote	10,656
7	General   > >   Slow Bar	10,145
8	Misc.   > >   The LOST thread	10,073
9	News and Politics   > >   i'll start	9,971
10	Misc.   > >   Dreams	9,737
11	Misc.   > >   FlyingFeaturesFansGF	9,521
12	Misc.   > >   the white stripes are coming back to nashville	9,383
13	Concert Reviews   > >   10-2-03 Inferno Bar Setlist	9,371
14	Misc.   > >   fuck school	9,145
15	General   > >   Exhibit A Reviews	8,872
16	Concert Reviews   > >   11/16/02 The Boro	8,805
17	Film   > >   Star Wars	8,788
18	General   > >   The Features, National TV Debut	8,708
19	News and Politics   > >   i hate george bush	8,586
20	Misc.   > >   De Novo Dahl @ Red Rose: Fri. 5-16-03	7,852
21	Misc.   > >   Important Things	7,566
22	News and Politics   > >   depleted uranium	7,181
23	Misc.   > >   First Job	7,032
24	Music   > >   Very Very Bad News	6,948
25	Concert Reviews   > >   1-11-03 The Boro	6,857

Top 25 Longest Topics
(by Number of Bytes)

This ranks the length of each topic by the number of bytes posted.

Ranking	Topic	# of Bytes Posted
1	Misc.   > >   Avatars, Signatures, and Member Names	346,693
2	Misc.   > >   top five lists	212,016
3	Music   > >   what is everyone listening to?	206,174
4	Misc.   > >   FlyingFeaturesFansGF	194,355
5	Concert Reviews   > >   10-2-03 Inferno Bar Setlist	176,745
6	Misc.   > >   the white stripes are coming back to nashville	173,349
7	General   > >   Slow Bar	167,425
8	Misc.   > >   Theft	165,233
9	Misc.   > >   Important Things	156,053
10	Misc.   > >   De Novo Dahl @ Red Rose: Fri. 5-16-03	145,893
11	General   > >   The Officially Official Setlist Vote	145,166
12	Misc.   > >   Dreams	143,593
13	News and Politics   > >   depleted uranium	133,018
14	Misc.   > >   The LOST thread	123,549
15	Misc.   > >   fuck school	122,306
16	News and Politics   > >   i'll start	121,513
17	General   > >   The Features full length info	120,697
18	Misc.   > >   First Job	113,413
19	Misc.   > >   Cigarettes	106,999
20	Misc.   > >   WAR	106,882
21	Misc.   > >   Guilty Pleasures	106,603
22	Concert Reviews   > >   4/1/2005 Exit/In	105,957
23	Music   > >   De Novo Dahl Bootlegs?	103,453
24	Music   > >   Very Very Bad News	101,691
25	General   > >   The Features, National TV Debut	100,968

Top 25 Topics with Best Participation

This list shows which topics had the most people posting messages.

Ranking	Topic	# of Participants
1	Music   > >   what is everyone listening to?	69
2	Misc.   > >   Avatars, Signatures, and Member Names	60
3	General   > >   The Officially Official Setlist Vote	54
4	General   > >   The Features, National TV Debut	50
5	Misc.   > >   Punchable Faces	43
6	General   > >   Exhibit A Reviews	42
7	Misc.   > >   Cigarettes	41
	Misc.   > >   fucked up films	41
9	Misc.   > >   there are 14 people on the board	40
10	Concert Reviews   > >   4/1/2005 Exit/In	39
11	Misc.   > >   top five lists	38
	Misc.   > >   soap	38
	Misc.   > >   what is everyone listening to?	38
	Misc.   > >   Riverstages	38
	General   > >   The Perfect Features Single	38
	Misc.   > >   senior superlatives	38
	General   > >   12th & Porter, Two Nights in a Row!	38
	Misc.   > >   fuck school	38
	General   > >   Top 5 Features Songs	38
20	General   > >   The Features full length info	37
	Concert Reviews   > >   10-2-03 Inferno Bar Setlist	37
22	General   > >   Song you would most like the Features to cover	36
	Concert Reviews   > >   04/27/03 Red Rose	36
24	Misc.   > >   Favorite poet?	35
	Misc.   > >   the white stripes are coming back to nashville	35
	Concert Reviews   > >   5/2/02 The Boro	35
	Misc.   > >   FlyingFeaturesFansGF	35
	Misc.   > >   myspace	35

Top 25 Longest Lives

This ranks each topic by the number of posting days between its first post and its last.

Ranking	Topic	Lifespan (in days)	Date of First Post	Date of Last Post
1	Misc.   > >   soap	1,317.1	Wednesday, May 1, 2002	Saturday, December 10, 2005
2	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   God Save Rock n Roll	1,225.6	Sunday, June 9, 2002	Tuesday, October 18, 2005
3	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Thursday	1,217.4	Sunday, June 9, 2002	Monday, October 10, 2005
4	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Bring on the Night	1,143.9	Sunday, August 25, 2002	Wednesday, October 12, 2005
5	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Circus	1,121.6	Sunday, June 9, 2002	Thursday, July 7, 2005
6	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Radio One	1,057.5	Saturday, June 8, 2002	Tuesday, May 3, 2005
7	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Stagecoach	908.8	Tuesday, April 8, 2003	Monday, October 3, 2005
8	Concert Reviews   > >   12-07-01 Boro Setlist	896.5	Saturday, December 8, 2001	Monday, May 24, 2004
9	Misc.   > >   ablums worth CRAP	833.3	Wednesday, June 11, 2003	Wednesday, September 21, 2005
10	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Rabbit March	829.6	Sunday, June 9, 2002	Friday, September 17, 2004
11	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   What kind of guitar does Matt play?	808.2	Monday, February 10, 2003	Friday, April 29, 2005
12	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Situation Gone Bad	787.0	Monday, February 10, 2003	Thursday, April 7, 2005
13	Misc.   > >   Favorite poet?	769.3	Monday, June 10, 2002	Tuesday, July 20, 2004
14	Misc.   > >   lip balm	756.6	Thursday, December 4, 2003	Friday, December 30, 2005
15	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   The Way It's Meant To Be	747.7	Wednesday, February 12, 2003	Tuesday, March 1, 2005
16	General   > >   Features Ringtones	741.2	Sunday, May 4, 2003	Saturday, May 14, 2005
17	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Me and the Skirts	736.6	Saturday, October 19, 2002	Monday, October 25, 2004
18	Concert Reviews   > >   10-2-03 Inferno Bar Setlist	736.4	Friday, October 3, 2003	Saturday, October 8, 2005
19	General   > >   New Year's Eve with JMB	728.1	Tuesday, December 11, 2001	Thursday, December 11, 2003
20	General   > >   red rose??	720.3	Monday, January 14, 2002	Tuesday, January 6, 2004
21	Music   > >   That Crazy Courtney Love	704.9	Friday, October 3, 2003	Wednesday, September 7, 2005
22	Misc.   > >   Klondike Bars	688.6	Sunday, July 14, 2002	Wednesday, June 2, 2004
23	Misc.   > >   The Big Lebowski	684.6	Tuesday, March 12, 2002	Wednesday, January 28, 2004
24	Concert Reviews   > >   04/27/03 Red Rose	674.9	Monday, April 28, 2003	Wednesday, March 2, 2005
25	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Moonlight	666.8	Sunday, June 9, 2002	Wednesday, April 7, 2004

Top 25 Longest Dormancies

Topics would sometimes lie dormant for months (or even years) before members would come back to them and start posting in them again. This lists the topics that went the longest without receiving new posts. The length of time is measured in posting days.

Ranking	Topic	# of Dormant Days	Date of Post	Date of Next Post
1	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   God Save Rock n Roll	1,224.5	Sunday, June 9, 2002	Monday, October 17, 2005
2	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Thursday	908.5	Tuesday, April 15, 2003	Monday, October 10, 2005
3	Misc.   > >   soap	908.1	Wednesday, June 4, 2003	Monday, November 28, 2005
4	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Bring on the Night	887.3	Wednesday, May 7, 2003	Monday, October 10, 2005
5	Concert Reviews   > >   12-07-01 Boro Setlist	880.0	Saturday, December 8, 2001	Saturday, May 8, 2004
6	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Stagecoach	867.0	Saturday, May 17, 2003	Friday, September 30, 2005
7	Misc.   > >   ablums worth CRAP	820.6	Monday, June 23, 2003	Wednesday, September 21, 2005
8	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   What kind of guitar does Matt play?	785.5	Wednesday, March 5, 2003	Thursday, April 28, 2005
9	General   > >   New Year's Eve with JMB	725.7	Thursday, December 13, 2001	Thursday, December 11, 2003
10	Concert Reviews   > >   10-2-03 Inferno Bar Setlist	720.8	Tuesday, October 14, 2003	Tuesday, October 4, 2005
11	General   > >   Features Ringtones	711.9	Thursday, May 22, 2003	Tuesday, May 3, 2005
12	Misc.   > >   lip balm	700.0	Monday, December 29, 2003	Monday, November 28, 2005
13	General   > >   red rose??	696.3	Thursday, February 7, 2002	Tuesday, January 6, 2004
14	Misc.   > >   The Big Lebowski	678.9	Monday, March 18, 2002	Wednesday, January 28, 2004
15	Music   > >   That Crazy Courtney Love	672.7	Thursday, October 16, 2003	Friday, August 19, 2005
16	Misc.   > >   Klondike Bars	666.0	Wednesday, July 17, 2002	Thursday, May 13, 2004
17	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Situation Gone Bad	642.6	Wednesday, April 2, 2003	Tuesday, January 4, 2005
18	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Me and the Skirts	635.9	Tuesday, January 21, 2003	Monday, October 18, 2004
19	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Radio One	585.7	Thursday, September 25, 2003	Tuesday, May 3, 2005
20	Misc.   > >   Big fans of the features, pushing others away	584.2	Wednesday, March 12, 2003	Saturday, October 16, 2004
21	Concert Reviews   > >   04/27/03 Red Rose	574.9	Wednesday, August 6, 2003	Wednesday, March 2, 2005
22	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Circus	567.7	Tuesday, February 25, 2003	Wednesday, September 15, 2004
23	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   The Way It's Meant To Be	559.2	Friday, August 8, 2003	Thursday, February 17, 2005
24	General   > >   The Features added to Abercrombie site	554.4	Friday, June 4, 2004	Saturday, December 10, 2005
25	Misc.   > >   Version 2.5	551.1	Wednesday, March 17, 2004	Monday, September 19, 2005

Top 25 Longest Lives Without a Dormancy

Members would often dig through the archives, find old topics, and revive them by posting new messages in them. This would greatly increase the lifespan of the topic. To give a more accurate picture of which topics were in continuous use, the following list shows the topics that received posts for the longest consecutive periods of time without taking a break of more than 30 days.

Ranking	Topic	# of Days	Date of First Post	Date of Last Post
1	Misc.   > >   Avatars, Signatures, and Member Names	211.7	Wednesday, December 10, 2003	Thursday, July 8, 2004
2	Misc.   > >   Avatars, Signatures, and Member Names	163.7	Tuesday, April 29, 2003	Friday, October 10, 2003
3	Music   > >   what is everyone listening to?	126.1	Monday, July 21, 2003	Monday, November 24, 2003
4	Misc.   > >   Features Fantasy Baseball	126.0	Monday, April 5, 2004	Monday, August 9, 2004
5	Music   > >   Different Class	125.4	Tuesday, November 11, 2003	Monday, March 15, 2004
6	Music   > >   next gig	115.0	Monday, January 10, 2005	Thursday, May 5, 2005
7	General   > >   The original EP	92.1	Friday, May 30, 2003	Saturday, August 30, 2003
8	Misc.   > >   WHERE IS EVERYONE?!	91.0	Tuesday, September 19, 2006	Tuesday, December 19, 2006
9	Music   > >   what is everyone listening to?	90.7	Friday, January 23, 2004	Friday, April 23, 2004
10	Film   > >   Want to see	90.5	Thursday, November 3, 2005	Thursday, February 2, 2006
11	Misc.   > >   myspace	82.2	Thursday, April 22, 2004	Tuesday, July 13, 2004
12	Misc.   > >   the white stripes are coming back to nashville	81.1	Monday, May 19, 2003	Friday, August 8, 2003
13	Misc.   > >   The Mix Tape (or CD) Exchange v.3.0	79.0	Friday, December 9, 2005	Sunday, February 26, 2006
14	General   > >   For those who use Myspace	77.7	Wednesday, April 27, 2005	Thursday, July 14, 2005
15	Music   > >   new music for the rest o'2003	77.2	Wednesday, August 20, 2003	Wednesday, November 5, 2003
16	Music   > >   top 10 albums of all time	77.2	Friday, April 22, 2005	Friday, July 8, 2005
17	General   > >   music midtown	76.7	Thursday, March 17, 2005	Thursday, June 2, 2005
18	General   > >   Leave It All Behind Video	76.3	Tuesday, November 16, 2004	Monday, January 31, 2005
19	Music   > >   Frances the Mute	73.2	Tuesday, February 15, 2005	Friday, April 29, 2005
20	General   > >   Exhibit A Reviews	72.9	Thursday, August 19, 2004	Sunday, October 31, 2004
21	Misc.   > >   The LOST thread	71.8	Thursday, September 22, 2005	Friday, December 2, 2005
22	Misc.   > >   Stirring up conversation	70.4	Friday, November 30, 2001	Friday, February 8, 2002
23	Music   > >   Ideal Local Concert	67.2	Friday, November 21, 2003	Tuesday, January 27, 2004
24	Misc.   > >   First Job	66.8	Sunday, May 18, 2003	Thursday, July 24, 2003
25	Film   > >   Childhood Movies	66.7	Saturday, April 3, 2004	Wednesday, June 9, 2004

Top 25 Topics Dominated by a Single Member

Most of the message board's topics were lively conversations involving many different members. A few, though, were somewhat one-sided conversations. This ranks topics that were dominated by a single member. (10 Post Minimum)

Ranking	Topic	Member	% of Messages Posted	Posts from Member in Topic	Total Posts in Topic
1	Misc.   > >   Babylon Is Falling	elliott	95.0%	19	20
2	Misc.   > >   hunters?	elliott	60.0%	6	10
3	Misc.   > >   this board is turning into a jamband board	elliott	54.5%	6	11
4	Misc.   > >   do any of the real features ever post?	elliott	53.3%	8	15
5	Music   > >   Arctic Monkeys!!!!!!	hard to ignore	50.0%	8	16
6	Misc.   > >   new topic	elliott	50.0%	7	14
7	Film   > >   L'AUBERGE ESPAGNOLE	Amanda	50.0%	6	12
8	General   > >   europe tour	mindylieu	50.0%	5	10
	Misc.   > >   The Strokes new U.S tour	ray davies	50.0%	5	10
	Misc.   > >   Son of Sting	richarddawson	50.0%	5	10
	General   > >   The Features on Fuse	carligula	50.0%	5	10
12	Misc.   > >   the separation of home and school...	damon	48.5%	16	33
13	Misc.   > >   NOOOOOOOOO!!	damon	48.4%	15	31
14	Music   > >   A Shining Experience	Flat Chop To The Throat	47.1%	8	17
15	Misc.   > >   oregon trail	brianeno2	46.7%	7	15
	General   > >   photo page	ray davies	46.7%	7	15
17	Misc.   > >   Cracking Up	Flat Chop To The Throat	46.2%	6	13
	Misc.   > >   indiana wins!!!	exliontamer	46.2%	6	13
19	Lyrics and Tabs   > >   Me and The Skirts Guitar and Bass Tabs	hard to ignore	45.7%	16	35
20	Music   > >   Maximo Park think..	hard to ignore	45.5%	5	11
	General   > >   posters	featuresgirl	45.5%	5	11
	Concert Reviews   > >   KOL/The Features Glasgow 27th June	hard to ignore	45.5%	5	11
	Misc.   > >   smog	sinasugarsick	45.5%	5	11
	Misc.   > >   FeaturesNCAA First Round Results/Second Round Matchups	jamiecarroll	45.5%	5	11
25	Music   > >   33 1/3 cover	hard to ignore	44.4%	8	18