Minor suggestion- the threadnaught

[Rick_EE]

This issue as I see it is not unique to this board. In fact, much less so than other boards.

What I am talking about is threadnaughts, long threads about a single subject. For example the skyburg thread has over 2500 replies. While some think this is good from an organizational point of view, it is daunting for the new member or guest who found it via a google search.

I look back at what brought me here in the first place, I googled my problem with my P4C series board. I found the solution here.

The point being, that someone new or looking for specific info will be totally put off by such a thread and will likely read a little, give up, and go elsewhere. For me, this has been a real problem when I looked at another forum regarding avs stuff.

I would like to see what others think. Perhaps some moderation can make sure these threads stay managable.

[CrowdAds]

[Sandog]

Jealous?

I see your point somewhat. Ten pages is about all I can read through in one sitting lol. So lets see. We chop the DP45SG thread into a thousand pieces and stuff will be easier to find? Another point, the people that I care about post often in the thread and are subscribed. They keep up with what is posted and keep their board drivers and tweaks up to date. For those that never register and post and who lurk or come and go, I don't worry about. They can use the search function. Also search engines are likely to show only one hit (most popular) from a single website therefore you would still have to search deeper when you come here. Long threads are harder to find info in no doubt but they have an allure to them. A lot of people hang around longer just to read through it.

[Rick_EE]

Jealous of what?

One thing I have seen in business is that organizations who try to force their customers into choices they don't want, fail.

My post was to see if I was trying to see if I am in the minority.

I would not suggest chopping up an existing thread, just when one is being made, that separate issues become their own thread. I have not read the thread I mentioned, I just saw the length, so maybe I chose the wrong one. My posting actually came from frustration with similar thread on other boards. We really don't have may long threads here, so it is as I said in the title, a minor point. That is always the problem with citing an example. People get hung up on the example and not the general point.

I thought that the goal was to grow this board. That means getting those who lurk or come and go to stay. I can say for my own experience, that is why I don't stay at avsforum. Maybe I am the only one.

[zapionics<alt>]

Actually I think you've hit on one of the difficulties of the forum format as a communications style... eventually as posts become older they often can lose relevance and even factual correctness... in very large threads you then have to wade through post by post looking for the information you want or following a particular theme.

I've noticed that once a thread becomes very large it often actually contains several themes over its lifecycle... essentially threads within threads...

I guess we could try and impose rules on thread size... and when a size limit is reached it would trigger a split off into a serious of related sub-threads... very hard to manage that...

It comes down to the purpose and objectives of the forum as a communications tool; I think a forum is primarily a place for people to communicate ideas that have relevance at the time of posting and to the discussion underway in the threads at that time...

...the objective of having an repository of information and facts available for analysis is only secondary... if it exists at all...

probably explains why the net keeps evolving with things like Facebook, twitter, etc