We've had quite a few occasional discussions here about who has posted the most individual messages, who has begun the most threads, etc.

There are so many members more active than I, with longer histories, that I am not even close to "winning" any of those categories.

However, I'd like to consider another category in which I certainly feel like a major contender: most threads in which one makes the final post.

I can't tell you how often I'll look into a discussion in which I've been taking part, curious to see what (if anything) anyone else might have to add, and finding nothing new, as the title inexorably drifts down to the bottom of the list and off into oblivion.

I'm not sure if this is a good or a bad thing. In real life, "having the last word" is much to be desired (usually). Here in cyberspace, I don't find it satisfying at all. On the one hand, maybe I summed everything up so perfectly that there's nothing more to say ~ on the other hand, maybe my contribution was so stupid or obnoxious that no one wants to talk about the topic anymore.

I can't imagine that there's any worklable/practical way to measure how many threads in which a given person is responsible for the last posting. And also, of course, the typical thread is always liable to be reopened, so the post which is last today may not be final forever; we see long-dormant threads revived very reguarly. (Now, when the moderators close a thread, the last word remains so forever; in some cases, that final posting may have been the "last straw" in a series of truly offensive offerings.)

Maybe lots of others feel the same way. Have you experienced the same kind of wonderment-bordering-on-disappointment at having a discussion die immeditaly after you put in your two cents' worth? Do you feel, as I do, that this is happening to you disproportionately often?

(Right now, at least a half-dozen threads are creeping steadily down the page into oblivion, with my fake-name the last on the list. I'm not imagining this!)

PS" "threadkiller" ~ not to be confused with "fretkillr"...