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"Other forums I've used have much bigger limits. Mumsnet is 1000 for example." The good thing is it seems to stop the argumentative bores at least for that topic, saying that they do then pop up on other topics and just drag the conversation down again | |||
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"Other forums I've used have much bigger limits. Mumsnet is 1000 for example. The good thing is it seems to stop the argumentative bores at least for that topic, saying that they do then pop up on other topics and just drag the conversation down again" I agree. IMO 100 is enough. | |||
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"Is 175 posts a suitable limit?" I cannot think of a thread which didn’t get totally pointless after a few dozen posts let alone 175. 🤣 | |||
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"Other forums I've used have much bigger limits. Mumsnet is 1000 for example. The good thing is it seems to stop the argumentative bores at least for that topic, saying that they do then pop up on other topics and just drag the conversation down again" 100% | |||
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"Other forums I've used have much bigger limits. Mumsnet is 1000 for example. The good thing is it seems to stop the argumentative bores at least for that topic, saying that they do then pop up on other topics and just drag the conversation down again I agree. IMO 100 is enough. " At least in the pub you can tell the bore to fuck off and they usually do. Pity that's not the case on the Internet- I'd be happy to have a complete block including forum posts when you block someone, the theead might not make sense but at least it would block out the tits | |||
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"Other forums I've used have much bigger limits. Mumsnet is 1000 for example. The good thing is it seems to stop the argumentative bores at least for that topic, saying that they do then pop up on other topics and just drag the conversation down again I agree. IMO 100 is enough. At least in the pub you can tell the bore to fuck off and they usually do. Pity that's not the case on the Internet- I'd be happy to have a complete block including forum posts when you block someone, the theead might not make sense but at least it would block out the tits" It wouldn't help. Others would still quote the tits. "Titquote" - new word  | |||
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" Cant be to save server space as generally a new thread gers started and 'more' space gets taken up.?" It can depend on how they are charged for their hosting. Yes storage space costs money, so it depends how long they keep a thread for when it is closed before deleting it. But they may also be charged for traffic (data back and forth between the server and each user), so the longer a thread gets the more traffic gets transferred so you can just scroll to the end to read the latest posts. By closing the thread this limits the traffic, so if a follow on thread is started it reduces the traffic. While these costs may seem trivial per gigabyte or gigabit (storage and traffic) when you multiply them up over the number of users they do become significant (especially when a lot of users are non-paying users). | |||
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"Imagine; only one word game" No need to imagine, it is one continuous word game in effect - spanning 276 editions with over 48,000 words played, that's almost enough material to write a feisty graphic novel! 😅 | |||
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"Other forums I've used have much bigger limits. Mumsnet is 1000 for example." Yea, but women talk more don't they? | |||
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"I'd like to have the opportunity of deleting a complete thread I started if it gets out of hand. " ...become a mod.. | |||
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"Imagine; only one word game No need to imagine, it is one continuous word game in effect - spanning 276 editions with over 48,000 words played, that's almost enough material to write a feisty graphic novel! 😅 " I wonder what the most common word is that crops up on them? | |||
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"Is 175 posts a suitable limit?" You have to stop somewhere though it seems a bit of an arbitrary choice.  | |||
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"Heavy moderation of off-topic posts could allow the limit to be cut by half. Also stopping full quotation of the post you are replying to would reduce the clutter. Perhaps a link rather than a quotation?" Winds me up when people use the quote function to address a particular comment but quote the entire already-quoted string of posts so their reply makes no sense. Apply a little effort! | |||
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"Heavy moderation of off-topic posts could allow the limit to be cut by half. Also stopping full quotation of the post you are replying to would reduce the clutter. Perhaps a link rather than a quotation?" Agreed | |||
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"I'd like to have the opportunity of deleting a complete thread I started if it gets out of hand. ...become a mod.." You need to be on 18months and paying member and not have negative posts, I believe | |||
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"Other forums I've used have much bigger limits. Mumsnet is 1000 for example." Oh God. You haven't been trolling the mummies, have you? | |||
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