Why are so many threads closed (General Q&A)? I was searching Bombsauce and BigBang and..

[sd3614]

Bombsauce is just an example since I just got some in today and wanted to see what conversations were out there on the ejuice.

Anyway being new and a member of other forums I know the value of using the search button to pick up existing threads vs. starting new ones. I just noticed over and over "THREAD CLOSED" on a many of things I search for. Does this site just prefer new threads be created on the same topics? Just different.

Thought I would ask.

Thanks!

 

[autobiogphnation]

Inactive threads get closed I believe, not sure how long they have to be inactive to get closed.

 

[dam718]

Bombsauce is just an example since I just got some in today and wanted to see what conversations were out there on the ejuice.

Anyway being new and a member of other forums I know the value of using the search button to pick up existing threads vs. starting new ones. I just noticed over and over "THREAD CLOSED" on a many of things I search for. Does this site just prefer new threads be created on the same topics? Just different.

Thought I would ask.

Thanks!

That was kind of confusing to me as well when I first joined years ago. I think what you will find, generally, is that people on this forum aren't big "USE THE SEARCH TOOL" Nazi's like they are in other places. If you have a question, just ask it, and usually somebody will answer it. There are a lot of active members looking at the entire forum daily, so it's pretty rare that something slips through the cracks.

If a moderator decides to close your thread, they will typically redirect your thread to a more appropriate subforum, or just close it and post a link to a thread that would be more suitable for the conversation.

Welcome to the "Nice Internet" LoL, we're all pretty nice folks here at ECF

Welcome to the forums, by the way

 

[Susan~S]

The last I heard inactive threads were automatically closed after 3 months. This helped tremendously as many of the threads & posts (especially concerning hardware) were irrelevant.

 

[retired1]

Moved to Site Feedback and Help.

The forum auto closes inactive threads after 3 months. The industry changes so rapidly, what was relevant months ago may not be today.

 

[sd3614]

Ok, well it is true on my other forums you get busted for not using search. Well I have an excuse to get my 20 post count hahaha

 

[classwife]

Search is still a great feature for finding info



...but if you want to discuss a thread that was Auto Closed, a link to it in the new thread might be of use to others.








( some people blame the MEAN Moderators for closing all the threads - )