Threads with more than 1300 posts should die a gruesome death!

Squinky · 03-10-2008, 09:11 AM

Who's with me?

Lucien21 · 03-10-2008, 09:35 AM

Well I certainly know one thread that is well overdue deletion.

Edit: However we need to keep some of them (The Movies thread for instance)

SSH · 03-10-2008, 09:37 AM

The Thread should be locked, but only after I post the last post in it...

Hammerite · 03-10-2008, 10:03 AM

I think any thread in which the 27842nd post says, in bold, balderdash! should surely be killed and this killing should be said by all to have been performed by whoever said balderdash!.
A statue should be erected to this effect.

Giligan · 03-10-2008, 11:29 AM

It depends entirely on what kind of gruesome death we're talking here.

RLacey · 03-10-2008, 12:37 PM

I will be subjecting the Thread™ to a gruesome death very shortly.

undeaf · 03-10-2008, 12:50 PM

I agree, except, what exactly do you mean by gruesome? Are they supposed to disintegrate slowly, gradually cease functioning and become unappealing and troublesome to use or participate in? If so, that I'm totally for that, it would be a really interesting way to deal with them, though probably tricky to implement.

On a related note, I've had an idea to take some pressure off of the 3 questions thread and maybe give it a break for a bit: a new thread along the lines of "3 scenarios", focused just on making up elaborate situations and asking how they'd react. The key difference? Each person only asks one question, and answers the questions in the 3 preceding posts.

undeaf · 03-10-2008, 02:46 PM

Here's a few specific, most likely completely unimplementable and also quite likely very stupid ideas for how the thread deaths could be made gruesome rather than swift and humane:
-at first only allow posting in them on some days, like maybe odd numbered days of the week or month.
-give them a whacky color scheme
-change all the fonts
-delete some posts. maybe start by deleting posts after the first post or first page, or have posts with really bad spelling or other such variables delete themselves and surrounding posts(either chronologically, or post that such posts are in response to)
-have them play midi music

Fairygdmther · 03-11-2008, 02:52 AM

Why 1300? Why not 500 or 5000? Is 1300 a magical number? And do you mean 1300 posts or replies to the original post (1300 + 1)? Why not a random number between 1000 and 2000, at the whim of the mods? Maybe post at the beginning that at 1723, (for example) this thread will implode.

And for my curiosity - why have an ending at all? Why does it bother you? Must all things have an end?

FGM

Jatsie · 03-11-2008, 03:12 AM

It stems from a suggestion here.

*stepurhan* · 03-11-2008, 05:10 AM

Personally I'm going for Nay! Even if in some cases the popularity is a bit weird a high post count must mean a topic is popular.

From a neatness point of view I'd rather have one thread with lots of posts than several threads on the same subject because of a maximum limit. Multiple duplcated threads are a lot more unpleasant than a few large ones. Spin-offs with a different approach (such as the scenario thread undeaf suggested) don't worry me so much.

Hammerite · 03-11-2008, 05:53 AM

Hang the Thread!

*Dale Baldwin* · 03-11-2008, 06:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stepurhan

Personally I'm going for Nay!

Funny how it's only us mods who have voted that so far.

JKR · 03-11-2008, 07:45 AM

I don't see a problem with them, though I still don't understand the draw of THAT thread... yeah... that one...

I like Three Questions though, and would be sad to see it die.

Squinky · 03-11-2008, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by undeaf

On a related note, I've had an idea to take some pressure off of the 3 questions thread and maybe give it a break for a bit: a new thread along the lines of "3 scenarios", focused just on making up elaborate situations and asking how they'd react. The key difference? Each person only asks one question, and answers the questions in the 3 preceding posts.

Well, I didn't exactly do that, but I did do this.

tsa · 03-11-2008, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dale Baldwin

Funny how it's only us mods who have voted that so far.

I have also voted, for Nay! Some threads are too interesting to kill. Besides, they will only reappear under a slightly different name. Good theads are like phoenixes; they rise from their ashes and begin life anew.

aries323 · 03-12-2008, 09:10 AM

I don't know, so I voted NO to this suggestion.

However, on the Bioware Boards & Forums, each thread only gets a 10 page out in the sunlight turn, while on the Bethesda forums, each thread gets locked after 200 posts. This is to prune and trim the forums' web line? as much as possible.

However, since both the Bethesda forums and the Bioware forums have a much bigger following than this one (sadly

) I see no reason to kill of a thread after 200, 500 or even 1300 posts.

Hammerite · 03-12-2008, 10:08 AM

I love how this thread is taken so seriously.

Squinky · 03-12-2008, 11:01 AM

Me too.

Hammerite · 03-12-2008, 01:54 PM

ho ho ho.

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Hammerite kamikaze hummingbirds Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Over there. Posts: 7,946	I think any thread in which the 27842nd post says, in bold, balderdash! should surely be killed and this killing should be said by all to have been performed by whoever said balderdash!. A statue should be erected to this effect. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ The bin is a place for household rubbish, not beloved pets!

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undeaf Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tee Oh Posts: 842	I agree, except, what exactly do you mean by gruesome? Are they supposed to disintegrate slowly, gradually cease functioning and become unappealing and troublesome to use or participate in? If so, that I'm totally for that, it would be a really interesting way to deal with them, though probably tricky to implement. On a related note, I've had an idea to take some pressure off of the 3 questions thread and maybe give it a break for a bit: a new thread along the lines of "3 scenarios", focused just on making up elaborate situations and asking how they'd react. The key difference? Each person only asks one question, and answers the questions in the 3 preceding posts. Share Share this post on Twitter

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undeaf Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tee Oh Posts: 842	Here's a few specific, most likely completely unimplementable and also quite likely very stupid ideas for how the thread deaths could be made gruesome rather than swift and humane: -at first only allow posting in them on some days, like maybe odd numbered days of the week or month. -give them a whacky color scheme -change all the fonts -delete some posts. maybe start by deleting posts after the first post or first page, or have posts with really bad spelling or other such variables delete themselves and surrounding posts(either chronologically, or post that such posts are in response to) -have them play midi music Share Share this post on Twitter

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Fairygdmther Magic Wand Waver Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 3,142	Why 1300? Why not 500 or 5000? Is 1300 a magical number? And do you mean 1300 posts or replies to the original post (1300 + 1)? Why not a random number between 1000 and 2000, at the whim of the mods? Maybe post at the beginning that at 1723, (for example) this thread will implode. And for my curiosity - why have an ending at all? Why does it bother you? Must all things have an end? FGM Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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stepurhan Freeware Co-ordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: South East England. Posts: 7,309	Personally I'm going for Nay! Even if in some cases the popularity is a bit weird a high post count must mean a topic is popular. From a neatness point of view I'd rather have one thread with lots of posts than several threads on the same subject because of a maximum limit. Multiple duplcated threads are a lot more unpleasant than a few large ones. Spin-offs with a different approach (such as the scenario thread undeaf suggested) don't worry me so much. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ No Nonsense Nonsonnets #43 Cold Topic A thread most controversial, that’s what I want to start Full of impassioned arguments, of posting from the heart And for this stimulation all will be thankful to me On come on everybody it won’t work if you agree

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aries323 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Denmark, Europe Posts: 577	I don't know, so I voted NO to this suggestion. However, on the Bioware Boards & Forums, each thread only gets a 10 page out in the sunlight turn, while on the Bethesda forums, each thread gets locked after 200 posts. This is to prune and trim the forums' web line? as much as possible. However, since both the Bethesda forums and the Bioware forums have a much bigger following than this one (sadly ) I see no reason to kill of a thread after 200, 500 or even 1300 posts. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Please support http://www.maternityworldwide.org/ and save a mother giving birth.

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