CHUD.com Community › Forums › THE CHEWERS › The Chewers Catch-All › What's the time limit on threads
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

What's the time limit on threads

post #1 of 18
9/15/08 at 2:59pm
Thread Starter 
Just to get a general consensus what's the over/under on making threads if another one exists. I'm currently using the 'if a new one wasn't made post site change it's fair game' rule but a lot of people seem to view any thread, even one a decade and a half old, as being the legitimate thread.
Reply
post #2 of 18
9/15/08 at 3:01pm
If it exists, simply bump it. Why the need to have been the creator of the thread?
Reply
post #3 of 18
9/15/08 at 3:03pm
To plug a blog?
Reply
post #4 of 18
9/15/08 at 3:06pm
If I can find an old thread easily enough with google (due to the fact that the chud search function won't look pre-server move) by searching strictly on chud.com, I post in those. If not, I wouldn't work up a sweat digging just to start a discussion.

I generally don't like clutter, and there may be some interesting discussion and points made in the old threads to generate new discussion. I guess it might depend on whether you want the baggage of the past or if you want to start fresh... and if you have something fresh or worth saying on the subject.

EDIT: What Devin said. And if you "know" another one exists, why not post in it?
Reply
post #5 of 18
9/15/08 at 3:16pm
Thread Starter 
Y'see if I wanted to discuss Into The Wild or The Fountain I'd go and dig up their respective threads, because they're massive and fairly recent. Digging up an 11 post thread from 2003 about Tremors just seems odd.
Reply
post #6 of 18
9/15/08 at 3:20pm
Yes, it makes more sense to start another eventual 11-post thread about Tremors in 2008.
Reply
post #7 of 18
9/15/08 at 3:23pm
We'd surely get some off topic witty repartee that would push the new thread to 20 posts! 14 of which would be one poster.
Reply
post #8 of 18
9/15/08 at 3:26pm
Thread Starter 
I don't get what's so bad about creating a new thread though, is it a bandwidth thing?
Reply
post #9 of 18
9/15/08 at 3:27pm
Why do we bother archiving threads? Why not just purge all inactive threads after six months? Some boards do that.
Reply
post #10 of 18
9/15/08 at 3:49pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by flyarz View Post
Yes, it makes more sense to start another eventual 11-post thread about Tremors in 2008.
Hey, we're up to 18.
Reply
post #11 of 18
9/15/08 at 3:51pm
That's because EdHocken only just discovered it. He'll have it up to 55 posts by the end of lunch, west coast.
Reply
post #12 of 18
9/15/08 at 4:32pm
Spike, Look at the Lebowski thread it wouldn't make a big deal if it wasn't a resurrected thread
Reply
post #13 of 18
9/16/08 at 1:36pm
I tend to do a search first and if I can't find anything I will start a new thread.

Which I figured was the best rule of thumb.
Reply
post #14 of 18
9/16/08 at 1:51pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Savage View Post
I tend to do a search first and if I can't find anything I will start a new thread.

Which I figured was the best rule of thumb.
Which is what I do, quick search using the forums own engine and then I'll make a thread if one doesn't seem to exist.
Reply
post #15 of 18
9/16/08 at 2:03pm
On a related note: is it okay to double post if my post is the last post on the page. I mean, it's annoying to write something and have no one see it or my name. This way, I'll be the first thing everyone sees whenever the page is opened.
Reply
post #16 of 18
9/16/08 at 9:59pm
The idea is that we are a community, as such, an older thread will have value for the nostalgia as much as it might for the content. On top of the fact that certain discussions are perennial, and many of us who've been here for a long period of time will either have not changed our minds, or will enjoy or blush at revisiting our younger selves.
Reply
post #17 of 18
9/16/08 at 10:02pm
Also, searching the name of the thread + chud forums in google works wonders. I'm not being condescending, but if the search feature doesn't turn up anything, that's another option to consider.
Reply
post #18 of 18
9/16/08 at 11:11pm
What Rath said. I've always had shitty luck with the search feature on vBulletin-based forums.

And yeah, just bump the threads for Christ's sake. It's good to read something of substance.
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: The Chewers Catch-All
CHUD.com Community › Forums › THE CHEWERS › The Chewers Catch-All › What's the time limit on threads