Length of threads

[pedro]

Any thoughts of a cut off point on threads, say after 50. I have noticed that some of the older ones go into the hundreds so its difficult to take on the plot after so long?

[remember]

I understand the problem, but if we cut off the thread then how will people continue talking about it? Any ideas for a better system?

[pedro]

I would suggest after a week or so the original thrust of the thread is gone. If it was still listed ,as appears to be the case, for another period say 1 month before it is dropped fine. Should anyone want to take up the same theme then start a new thread as a MarkII or whatever?

[Cal]

I would suggest after a week or so the original thrust of the thread is gone. If it was still listed ,as appears to be the case, for another period say 1 month before it is dropped fine. Should anyone want to take up the same theme then start a new thread as a MarkII or whatever?

thats a good idea.....some of the threads have been given new life after nearly 2 years

[Heather74]

thats a good idea.....some of the threads have been given new life after nearly 2 years

oh my god why do I get the feeling thats me, sounds like the kind of thing I'd do!!

[sixtyten]

why cut them? If they are taking too much room on the server, fine. But for others new to the site,they might be just what they are searching for.
I say leave 'em alone
One thing you could look at is stopping all those Yahoo slurp spiders

[Heather74]

I agree Daz, I felt guilty there for a minute, but they are very interesting, and sometime you can find what you are looking for,without having to post,which is good for people who've not joined.Thats why I wanted a search thing, so I'm not bugging people every 5 mins, err ok every two.lol

[Buzz]

I might be a bit stupid but what are yahoo slurp spiders?

Buzz

[sixtyten]

If you look on that burgundy bar at the top and go to "quick links",then scroll to bottom, you will see a "who's online" box. Click that and it tells you who's viewing or doing what.sometimes there are more YSS's on here than guests or members.They are meant to collect info for yahoo search engines,but so little info actually gets passed back and used by Yahoo,its a waste of time having them on here.plus who uses yahoo to search?? (apart from my mum)

[Buzz]

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

Not used to all this technical jargon.

Buzz