# The random thread pruned?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-random-thread-pruned/303503>\
**Category:** meta\
**Created:** [January 21, 2010, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-random-thread-pruned/303503 "2010-01-21T09:32:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![IQAndreas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f08c70/32.png) [@IQAndreas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IQAndreas)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-random-thread-pruned/303503/1 "2010-01-21T09:32:09Z")

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I just noticed that the random thread only has 4 pages, and the last thread on the list is from 12-22-2009.

Is this an automatic thing, or were they just removed in an effort to increase forum speeds?