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When is a thread dead?
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What kills a thread? Time or lack of posts?
For example...
I can find a thread on the bottom of the 3rd page of Anything Goes with a last post date of 09-05-2002 (5 days ago)
I can find a thread on the bottom of the 3rd page of Travel from 22-09-2001
So does a thread die after it passes a certain page on the index of threads things or after a period of time? When is it acceptable to bring up and old topic?
What I'm trying to get across is that forums are busier than others. A week in Anything Goes and Sex is along time, whereas in Travel, Action and Volunteering and sometimes Sport a week makes little difference.
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For example...
I can find a thread on the bottom of the 3rd page of Anything Goes with a last post date of 09-05-2002 (5 days ago)
I can find a thread on the bottom of the 3rd page of Travel from 22-09-2001
So does a thread die after it passes a certain page on the index of threads things or after a period of time? When is it acceptable to bring up and old topic?
What I'm trying to get across is that forums are busier than others. A week in Anything Goes and Sex is along time, whereas in Travel, Action and Volunteering and sometimes Sport a week makes little difference.
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If it's in Anything Goes and is just someone introducing themselves to the boards, or someone saying that it's their birthday then the thread only has a shelf-life of a day. It's annoying if a thread is resurrected only for a two word post like "Happy Birthday", or "Hello, Welcome...".
However, if the thread is more interesting, then it lasts longer. Most threads in Politics last a long time because people have a lot to say on the whole, and therefore it doesn't matter if the responses are instantaneous, or take a couple of days to roll in...
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does she get all her posts from closing threads?
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A thread's dead when it's no longer relevant surely??
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