in reply to Daily Best Thread?

I seriously doubt that I could come up with a set of objective criteria, that would match my own subjective judgment of the days best thread, for any two days on the trot. (Can you?)

So I'd not even try doing so for any substantial subset of the membership.

If you can do so for yourself -- try picking one out for a few days and then examine what you think makes them so and what commonalities they have -- then you might be able to program such a metric for your own delectation.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
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