PennKev
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Is there any capability to auto lock threads once they reach a certain age without any recent additions?
It really seems like it's become common for threads to be resurrected after a long period with no new additions to them. I don't know how everyone else feels but I find this a bit confusing as I usually assume that threads near the top of the listing are current, or at least have been a long running but continuous conversation. The recent resurrection of the trout stocking numbers thread is a good example. If you read it from start to finish such a thread might leave the reader with inaccurate dates and numbers since most of the thread is a year old. (Not saying that is the case, just a possibility)
If a thread has been dead for a year, I feel that it's OK for a new one of similar topic to be started.
Maybe this is a matter of perception as I've noticed the same phenomenon on a couple other online forums in the past couple years and that is making it seem to me that it happens more than it actually does.
Kev
It really seems like it's become common for threads to be resurrected after a long period with no new additions to them. I don't know how everyone else feels but I find this a bit confusing as I usually assume that threads near the top of the listing are current, or at least have been a long running but continuous conversation. The recent resurrection of the trout stocking numbers thread is a good example. If you read it from start to finish such a thread might leave the reader with inaccurate dates and numbers since most of the thread is a year old. (Not saying that is the case, just a possibility)
If a thread has been dead for a year, I feel that it's OK for a new one of similar topic to be started.
Maybe this is a matter of perception as I've noticed the same phenomenon on a couple other online forums in the past couple years and that is making it seem to me that it happens more than it actually does.
Kev