1) How long is considered to be too long for a thread?-cranioscopical (March 25, 2008, 02:10 PM)
2) What helps to keep a thread alive and interesting?-cranioscopical (March 25, 2008, 02:10 PM)
1) How long is considered to be too long for a thread?
1) How long is considered to be too long for a thread?
when it's one post longer than your own personal interest in it. ;)-mouser (March 25, 2008, 02:42 PM)
- It's a thread that consists of people
complementingboosting the ego of Tinjaw.-tinjaw (March 25, 2008, 02:40 PM)
When you compare the discussion on page 15 to page 1 and find they are totally unrelated. :D-app103 (March 25, 2008, 02:55 PM)
in all seriousness, do you think if we added the "ignore thread" option to the forum, so people could mark threads as those that shouldnt show up in "unread topics" list, it might help this situation?Personally, I find that a thread can run for ages and attract no more than an occasional glance (maybe once every 6 visits) and then -- suddenly -- something can appear in it that raises in me a considerable amount of interest. Say, for example, someone joins in and offers a previously unrepresented perspective.-mouser (March 25, 2008, 02:44 PM)
Is there a need to keep a thread alive and interesting when it's getting long? Why not let it die a respectable death, and let whatever aspects of it remained interesting get fresh life as new threads?-CWuestefeld
Some of my favourite boards don't have separate forums and don't have threads. There is just a single continuous series of posts. One I am looking at now has nearly 250,000 posts. Now that is what I call a long thread. ;D;D ;D-Dormouse (March 25, 2008, 06:43 PM)
The 'recent' Evernote thread for instance started on EN2.2 and ended on EN3, with the obligatory diversion onto SQLnotes for a time. Moderators on some boards would proactively split threads like that. Would that be better?Around here, it isn't usual for mods to split threads unless stuff really derails (like going from a software product to beer brands :P). Personally, i find that spliting threads gets a bit confusing to understand, because both threads are linked together.-Dormouse (March 25, 2008, 06:43 PM)
I've come late to some very long threads and sometimes, when the subject interests me enough, have read the whole thread. Usually going backwards in time first and occasionally going through again forwards to make sure I have fully followed it.-Dormouse (March 25, 2008, 06:43 PM)
in all seriousness, do you think if we added the "ignore thread" option to the forum, so people could mark threads as those that shouldnt show up in "unread topics" list, it might help this situation?-mouser (March 25, 2008, 02:44 PM)
in all seriousness, do you think if we added the "ignore thread" option to the forum, so people could mark threads as those that shouldnt show up in "unread topics" list, it might help this situation?-mouser (March 25, 2008, 02:44 PM)
Non sequitor: When's superboyac gonna get his radio show back?You're crazy Zaine! Even I got bored listening to myself. It was tough trying to get a good rant out on command. I should carry a mic with me to catch my spontaneous rants during the workday...now those are gems.
He was the best! :-* (Isn't it time to put together a 24-hour Sirius/XM channel for guys like him, and these dudes (http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast)?)-zridling (March 26, 2008, 02:26 AM)
I should carry a mic with me to catch my spontaneous rants during the workday...now those are gems.Call your voice mail and leave a message. Then you can grab it later and turn it into an mp3 and post it.-superboyac (March 26, 2008, 10:34 AM)
Call your voice mail and leave a message.-tinjaw (March 26, 2008, 11:15 AM)
A well placed curse word is very effective.-superboyac (March 26, 2008, 03:54 PM)
...can create never ending threads.-PPLandry (March 27, 2008, 09:11 PM)
Non sequitor: When's superboyac gonna get his radio show back?
He was the best! :-* (Isn't it time to put together a 24-hour Sirius/XM channel for guys like him, and these dudes (http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast)?)-zridling (March 26, 2008, 02:26 AM)