50 posts just makes sense. No reason not to have as large of an overview of the entire topic when reading or searching.
I don't see the point in having more topics per page though. I never visit any boards where I would want to read something older than around 20 topics ago anyway.
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Okay, I rolled a 14. What's that mean? Hsu
That you're a cheater. This is a 12-sided die. Chan