Sceadwian
Banned
This is just a suggestion based on what I saw occurring in this thread.
I can't count the number of thread-jackings and topic derailments that could be eliminated if a thread would automatically lock itself if the original poster hasn't made a reply in say the last 10-15 posts. The thread would automatically unlock after the original poster made a new post or if say 1 week had passed (to allow people to add things after the fact)
It would prevent a considerable number of unjustifiably lengthy threads with no content. Anyone serious about whatever off topic conversation that was occuring would easily be able to start a new thread to continue it in a proper way and the flagging of the auto-lock would allow a moderator to inspect threads that had out of turn. I see this constantly on this (and other) forums where two or three individual users get into dogmatic arguments about a point of contention the original poster hasn't mentioned, must as the post I linked above.
Right about 10 posts after the last time the original poster commented on a thread is almost always the point at which things have gone awry.
This would put the user that started a thread in a much better position to be the one to judge the content of the thread and it would drastically reduce senseless banter almost overnight. The threads that have dozens of pages of useless arguments (outside of the original poster contributing) would disappear almost instantly.
I can't see any downsides. Outside of detailed back and forth between the original poster and the users at large all of the useful threads on this forum are all quiet short in length! Anything extending past a few pages is almost universally trash or completely off topic at that point.
I can't count the number of thread-jackings and topic derailments that could be eliminated if a thread would automatically lock itself if the original poster hasn't made a reply in say the last 10-15 posts. The thread would automatically unlock after the original poster made a new post or if say 1 week had passed (to allow people to add things after the fact)
It would prevent a considerable number of unjustifiably lengthy threads with no content. Anyone serious about whatever off topic conversation that was occuring would easily be able to start a new thread to continue it in a proper way and the flagging of the auto-lock would allow a moderator to inspect threads that had out of turn. I see this constantly on this (and other) forums where two or three individual users get into dogmatic arguments about a point of contention the original poster hasn't mentioned, must as the post I linked above.
Right about 10 posts after the last time the original poster commented on a thread is almost always the point at which things have gone awry.
This would put the user that started a thread in a much better position to be the one to judge the content of the thread and it would drastically reduce senseless banter almost overnight. The threads that have dozens of pages of useless arguments (outside of the original poster contributing) would disappear almost instantly.
I can't see any downsides. Outside of detailed back and forth between the original poster and the users at large all of the useful threads on this forum are all quiet short in length! Anything extending past a few pages is almost universally trash or completely off topic at that point.
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