Poll: Should Inactive Discussion Topics be Locked?

Hose_Head wrote: If money to support the forum were an issue, I suspect Johnny would let us know.

I was talking about the expense to make all the proposed changes...

rested gal wrote:

Pugsy wrote:I pretty much agree with Link and BernieRay and now Wulfman because of what they say.

Ditto.

Hi All

I think that one continuing thread on the same subject would be far more useful than countless threads all over the place.

I also think it would also save some newcomers from asking the same questions over and over again, and others having to give the same reply over and over again.

I think the advantages of the present system far outweigh the perceived disadvantages.

(And just because I "think" this does not necessarily mean that I "am", or the opposite for that matter )

in case you wanted to know

cheers

Mars

I've learned unexpected things from old threads that suddenly pop up. It' a bit fun.
I may have even contributed to an old thread without paying attention to its age.
I rarely go back more than a half dozen pages.
I don't always know what I'm looking for, but I always find something.

rested gal wrote:

Pugsy wrote:I pretty much agree with Link and BernieRay and now Wulman because of what they say.

Ditto.

me too -

I bring up old threads myself when it is needed. Most of our newbies don't know how to search for things - they need help often.

rested gal wrote:

Pugsy wrote:I pretty much agree with Link and BernieRay and now Wulman because of what they say.

Ditto.

Ditto ditto, and you can add jules, and sleepycarol, and all the others between RG's response and mine.

mars wrote:
Hi All

I think that one continuing thread on the same subject would be far more useful than countless threads all over the place.

I also think it would also save some newcomers from asking the same questions over and over again, and others having to give the same reply over and over again.

I think the advantages of the present system far outweigh the perceived disadvantages.

(And just because I "think" this does not necessarily mean that I "am", or the opposite for that matter )

in case you wanted to know

cheers

Mars

Hey Mars, how many people had to get out the magnifine glass to read that last line?!
(I almost did but I squinted!)
As a relatively new forum reader (3 mo. or so but signed up forever ago) I have to agree with what you said.

LinkC wrote:Y'all sure are anxious to spend Johnny's money making changes!

How come we never see blank checks attached to these suggestions for "improvements"?

Most lists have/had an archive function where threads more then a year or so old are stored differently. This actually was created to save money as the archived threads are stored with less detail since they can't be written to anymore and needed less space and time to do searches and update the the active threads is faster. Space has become so cheap ans servers so fast that this isn't much of an issue anymore.

Hose_Head wrote:It seems to me that it would be beneficial if old discussion topics that have not had a response for some time should be locked so that no further replies are possible.

That's a great idea!!!

We should lock up everything that's old!

Old people!

Old shoes!

Old King Cole!

Old Gold!

Old Grandad (both kinds)!

Old Crow!

Old Mr. Boston (Hmmm. Recurring theme here)!

Old Dominion (gonna need a big lock)!

Old Navy (gonna need a bigger lock)!

Old Fools (probably easier to lock up the people who aren't Old Fools)!

FWIT IMHO, WHY? If it aint broke don't fix it. Thats my Professional opinion. Leave it alone.

"This place has gone on for years without BIG BROTHER and MISS GOODIE TWO SHOES I know whats best for all and it will continue when they leave but we will be left with the results of their boonboggle.

If you don' like to read 2 year old posts just move on. But there might be something new that you'll miss.

I bet some newbies could use some humor right now. But I couldn't resurect the Great COCKROACH STORY if we did it your way.

Stay tuned,

Chris

I have mixed feeling on locking old threads, sometimes there is indeed new information that should be added to an older thread so in this case they should remain open.

The biggest feature I would like to see if the ability to flag threads I want to follow as sometimes it is not easy to go back after a few days and find the threads amongst all the new ones. Yes, I can view my posts and go directly that way but then I lose the details on how many times the thread was viewed and who/what time it was commented on.

tschultz wrote: The biggest feature I would like to see if the ability to flag threads I want to follow as sometimes it is not easy to go back after a few days and find the threads amongst all the new ones. Yes, I can view my posts and go directly that way but then I lose the details on how many times the thread was viewed and who/what time it was commented on.

At the very bottom of the page in any thread you open, you have - within the light blue background - an option called "subscribe". If you "subscribe" to a thread you can find it in your User Control Panel under "managing subscriptions".

Your are automatically "subscribed' if you reply, but you can subscribe to any thread you want - without replying.

ozij wrote:At the very bottom of the page in any thread you open, you have - within the light blue background - an option called "subscribe". If you "subscribe" to a thread you can find it in your User Control Panel under "managing subscriptions".

Your are automatically "subscribed' if you reply, but you can subscribe to any thread you want - without replying.

Never knew that! Cool.

Thanks, ozij!

ozij wrote:At the very bottom of the page in any thread you open, you have - within the light blue background - an option called "subscribe". If you "subscribe" to a thread you can find it in your User Control Panel under "managing subscriptions".

Your are automatically "subscribed' if you reply, but you can subscribe to any thread you want - without replying.

Thanks, now I just need to remember to subscribe before I leave a thread. I usually wind up remembering what I want to follow when I next log-in and wonder what's new in that thread I read last night, forgetting the title of the particular thread.

ozij wrote:Your are automatically "subscribed' if you reply,

Took a look at that in my Control Panel just now.
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Maybe that's because in "Board Preferences - Edit posting defaults" I've deliberately always kept this marked "No:"
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I love the idea of a warning that a thread has been inactive for x amount of time. As a relative newbie, I've dived in and responded to a thread then realised I'm prolly yapping at myself cuz the last post was forever ago.

That being said, again as a newbie, some of these older threads have answered a lot of my questions.

Cheers,
xena