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LadyPact -> RE: Do a search? (12/29/2010 10:07:39 AM)
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First things first. I'm guilty of doing this just a few nights ago on the "Old Guard" thread, so I'm going to apologize for doing that right now. I really do wish that we had more folks here that were interested is discussing leather these days, but that's another subject.
I'd say at least 98% of the time, I think you are right, Missokyst. Bringing the old threads back doesn't serve much of a purpose. That 'new' comment doesn't necessarily add to the discussion and would be just as well taken care of by starting a new thread on the topic and linking the old thread. Many times, the 'new' comment is being directed to someone who is long gone and makes about as much sense as trying to talk to someone who left the same physical space a year ago.
At the same time, I have seen it happen that there has been a legitimate update. This falls into two categories. The person who started the thread originally concerning their situation who comes back to say how it all worked out. It's not often, but when it happens, it's nice to know that they are doing better, resolved their problem, or whatever.
The other is when it's an update of an original that had to do with a court case or something similar and a person comes back to update the thread when the matter has gone to trial and a verdict is in. I appreciate these kinds of updates, too. I may have forgotten about the case and not all of them are ones that I will remember after a considerable time has past.
Both of these situations I find to be perfectly legitimate reasons to bring back an old thread. The rest, I really don't. Dragging up an old joke or stuff that people just want to offer a random comment, not so much. If there was a way to close them after three months or so, we'd probably be better off, if they could be locked with a note at the bottom to say contact a Mod if a person had a good reason to open it again. (Situations like the above.) The drawback to this is that it puts another responsibility on the Mods and I'm pretty sure they have enough to do the way it is around here.
Since legitimate updates are rather rare, if all there are would be the choice between the two, I'd say lock the threads at three months from the last post.
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