Topics with more than 4000 posts closed

We used to have a chat facility and although it was initially used for a while, it died a very quick death.

The issue for me with a chat facility, is that when there are lots of people present in them, they are almost impossible to keep track of.  Also, people soon seem to turn to nonsensical stuff and go off topic and it gets quite annoying.

With a dedicated thread, people can reply to things in their leisure.  Somebody may go away for a few days and upon return, they will be able to go through previous pages and find out if they have missed anything  So that's a very useful thing for me.

Also, I do not want to spend all my time in a chat facility, when I can take a break and not miss anything, because I browse back at things in my leisure.

Seems to have helped a bit. Havn't got those annoying error things for a while.
Yesterday, PA was slooow, though. But then, so was every other page aswell.

TGM: Orb wrote: ^ Not had that, myself, mick. PA has been peachy as a peach since this thing for me.

thanks guys..  probably my computer.. .was fine yesterday along with everyone.. but the site is SLOW today in spots ...  funny thing is.. not having a problem loading other sites.  Oh well...




Edited by micky - August 12 2008 at 18:06

^

Not had that, myself, mick. PA has been peachy as a peach since this thing for me.

Especially since they would only appear temporarily, and there would only be one or two at a time at most given how long they take to reach 4000 posts.

Here's my ideal solution:


When a useful thread (like RIO drop in) reaches 4000 posts, close it and sticky it for two months.  That way, people can still have access to the latest suggestions in it for a good while.  After the two months, when people have gleaned the info they need from it, then hide it, since the new thread will have taken off and the old one won't be needed anymore.  That way, the site isn't significantly slowed down by larger threads (since the threads like Rio Drop In take a long time to reach 4000, meaning there will only be a handful of stickied large threads at a time, if that) that linger forever, and people don't lose the information they need.

Of course Velvet Rooms and the like can disappear as they reach 4000.


Edited by Pnoom! - August 12 2008 at 16:36

Or just exploiting the rules 

Henry Plainview wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: If I'm not mistaken old threads are still accessible but stopped at 4000, so all you have to do is start a new one after 4000 to keep it alive? EL said hidden. Deleting the chat threads is fine (in fact it's probably what we should have been doing originally), but it really would make me sad not to be able to go through some of those old appreciation threads. Yes, you could ask whatever question you have again, but some people aren't posting as much anymore...

So I think the idea is start a new thread at 3500 so it doesn't get to 4000, and then it doesn't get hidden.

Slartibartfast wrote: If I'm not mistaken old threads are still accessible but stopped at 4000, so all you have to do is start a new one after 4000 to keep it alive?

EL said hidden. Deleting the chat threads is fine (in fact it's probably what we should have been doing originally), but it really would make me sad not to be able to go through some of those old appreciation threads. Yes, you could ask whatever question you have again, but some people aren't posting as much anymore...

fandango wrote: Pnoom! wrote: But as long as you're consistent and would've banned The Grey Room, too, Micky, then I'm not quite as annoyed by your post.   lets just say that that is NOT going to happen...

I know, it's just the hypocrisy of banning the chat room for young people and not old people simply because young people aren't boring and slow and thus clog up the server more that bugs me.