Charlie G
Elio Addict
Like I said, I understand it in principle - but in practice there needs to be a system to kill old threads.
If this forum is still active in 10 years, will all posts regarding the engine be merged into a 10,000 post "the elio engine" thread?
There comes a point where old threads should be allowed to die.
Honestly, from the perspective of someone who isn't on here every day - it's very difficult to come into the forum to check out the latest buzz. From time to time I try, but because anything new about the engine (for instance) is merged into the same thread, I have to read through pages and pages of people making sarcastic comments at each other to catch up, whereas if there were new threads from time to time I might be able to pick up on a topic that's 'trending'.
Here's a real world example:
If I hit the "What's New" link, the first result is the gas cap post from April 4, with 470 replies. I have no way of knowing whether there's actively some new news/discussion in super gas cap technology, or whether it's just a single comment resurrecting the old thread.
The reservations thread has 1232 replies
Contrastingly, I see a thread from last week titled "Tell All Your Friends, The 50% Bonus Is Back!" with 217 replies already. So I know that's an active discussion of recent events which might be worth reading.
I'm just trying to provide a little perspective rather than just.... not coming back.
If this forum is still active in 10 years, will all posts regarding the engine be merged into a 10,000 post "the elio engine" thread?
There comes a point where old threads should be allowed to die.
Honestly, from the perspective of someone who isn't on here every day - it's very difficult to come into the forum to check out the latest buzz. From time to time I try, but because anything new about the engine (for instance) is merged into the same thread, I have to read through pages and pages of people making sarcastic comments at each other to catch up, whereas if there were new threads from time to time I might be able to pick up on a topic that's 'trending'.
Here's a real world example:
If I hit the "What's New" link, the first result is the gas cap post from April 4, with 470 replies. I have no way of knowing whether there's actively some new news/discussion in super gas cap technology, or whether it's just a single comment resurrecting the old thread.
The reservations thread has 1232 replies
Contrastingly, I see a thread from last week titled "Tell All Your Friends, The 50% Bonus Is Back!" with 217 replies already. So I know that's an active discussion of recent events which might be worth reading.
I'm just trying to provide a little perspective rather than just.... not coming back.