Charlie G
Elio Addict
I get (in theory) why this is going on, but there has to be a limit.
The current method of categorizing posts is becoming a crazy entry barrier for new users.
I just logged onto the site for the first time in awhile (not a new user) and conversations are still going on in the same threads as over 1, 2 ... 8 months ago, meaning that if I want to catch up on 'current' events, I have to wade through an enormous amount of posts.
The top post on general discussion, for example, has 86 pages of replies at 10 replies per page, that's 860 posts to read through. Granted, I'm not starting at 0 because in theory I've read a good part of them already, but I know the attitude tends to be "use the search feature before talking about something so we don't repeat the same things"
Which basically means that a new user should just read hundreds of posts on a given topic before actually engaging with anyone.
I'm aware that the alternative is some level of fragmentation where the same topics get re-hashed, but these threads are getting insane.
Say I was a new user and wanted to learn about / discuss the engine. The posts on that thread start nearly an entire year ago, with pages and pages of speculation about things that may not even be relevant anymore. It feels like after a certain point threads should be locked and/or allowed to die so that current information isn't buried.
The current method of categorizing posts is becoming a crazy entry barrier for new users.
I just logged onto the site for the first time in awhile (not a new user) and conversations are still going on in the same threads as over 1, 2 ... 8 months ago, meaning that if I want to catch up on 'current' events, I have to wade through an enormous amount of posts.
The top post on general discussion, for example, has 86 pages of replies at 10 replies per page, that's 860 posts to read through. Granted, I'm not starting at 0 because in theory I've read a good part of them already, but I know the attitude tends to be "use the search feature before talking about something so we don't repeat the same things"
Which basically means that a new user should just read hundreds of posts on a given topic before actually engaging with anyone.
I'm aware that the alternative is some level of fragmentation where the same topics get re-hashed, but these threads are getting insane.
Say I was a new user and wanted to learn about / discuss the engine. The posts on that thread start nearly an entire year ago, with pages and pages of speculation about things that may not even be relevant anymore. It feels like after a certain point threads should be locked and/or allowed to die so that current information isn't buried.