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TFF Central => Suggestions => Topic started by: Ventus Fall on March 11, 2017, 07:52:47 PM
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I'm thinking if certain boards can have more of a delayed time when they close than what some currently have. Some boards close/lock topics automatically after anyone hasn't responded for a while, leaving a board to sometimes show sometimes nearly only locked topics.
I think it also might have to do with perhaps newer members thinking they may not reply to a topic in certain situations even though it's still open. For example quite a lot of topics -as soon as you click Reply- state in red text to suggest to create a new topic when it's been over 21 days since the last reply.
My second suggestion therefor is when a topic is still open to remove that suggestion, as TFF rules state to please not make duplicate topics when they're still open.
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I'd be ok with just removing the prompt altogether. I'm not sure how many times it actually stops someone from necroing a thread, and I believe we have automatic thread locks in place for boards where threads shouldn't be necro'd (so after a certain amount of time the thread gets locked)
So I'd be in favour of just removing it entirely
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I'm game for it being removed, though it does serve a purpose (letting someone know it's been inactive for a long time), but otherwise it would be just troublesome.
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I've also been seeing a lot of duplicate topics pop up due to the inactivity closing, which means a lot of the time, people still would have posted in said threads were they not inactivity-locked. (I'm all for keeping threads that derailed/escalated disastrously locked, of course)
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@Anoni: I know when I was really new and I saw that I was like: "Uhm... what should I do with this? I mean it's still open and a thread is only dead when locked... But red words... Like it's warning me to not post ;-; "
I was so confused xD
@Anoni and Vosur: Maybe it is best to have it removed, or if it serves some purpose to write a different piece of text, although I wouldn't know what.
Sometimes a thread is successfully 'kept alive' when someone would post in a thread that no one has posted in for 21 days (or more) and then it doesn't seem to happen anymore.
@George: Yup, that's indeed what I'm referring to :)
I think certain boards can have use of a longer period of threads staying unlocked. For example the TV and Video board with sub boards.
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Thank you, Tweak.