If you click the "Views" column title, you'll find that "Who Are You Guys (revisited)?" is the most popular thread of the new era, with over 180K views in the new era.
"Merion's Early Timeline" is closing in on 4000 replies, making it the leader in that particular race.
"Review of Feinstein's New Book, Open" will forever occupy the top of the "Last Post" column. It's a shame that this particular string dates only to 2003. I'd love to see the strands from the five years that predate it...
and yet...
When I click the "Author" column, a number of pre-2003 posts fire to the top, which leaves me wondering why the "Last Post" column doesn't recognize the years prior to 2003.