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Question:
I have never seen a thread be closed before by a moderator, but today in the lounge there was a thread closed. It was along the lines of 'the last one to post here is the winner'.
I am not bothered in the slightest that it was closed out. I am just curious as to the reasons a thread can be closed.
Is it due to the sheer length or the risk of it being one of those threads that can grow exponentially to a huge level for this site?
I am not bothered in the slightest that it was closed out. I am just curious as to the reasons a thread can be closed.
Is it due to the sheer length or the risk of it being one of those threads that can grow exponentially to a huge level for this site?
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when a thread gets above x numbers of replies, it taxes the servers. I've seen it 3 or 4 times before.
It happens, not often, but it does.
It happens, not often, but it does.
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But what about the Kinds of Customers thread in Shop Talk. That thread is like 200 messages or more now.
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that thread might have more 'value' than 'whoever posts last wins'
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Yes.
It was clearly a thread started for the sole purpose of creating the longest possible thread, which is a problem for two reasons:
1. It annoys people and they complain. Other people know this and start such threads on purpose, specifically to annoy those people. We have a rule about that. We frown upon threads that are pointless and/or intended to annoy others.
2. When they get really long, they can slow things down a bit. Not anything close to bringing the site down, but it's unnecessary for a pointless thread like that. We like to take proactive steps to keep the site performance as fast as possible for everyone.
It was clearly a thread started for the sole purpose of creating the longest possible thread, which is a problem for two reasons:
1. It annoys people and they complain. Other people know this and start such threads on purpose, specifically to annoy those people. We have a rule about that. We frown upon threads that are pointless and/or intended to annoy others.
2. When they get really long, they can slow things down a bit. Not anything close to bringing the site down, but it's unnecessary for a pointless thread like that. We like to take proactive steps to keep the site performance as fast as possible for everyone.
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Hey Rich, I've got a ? for you. As you may know, I don't work in the wireless industry, just an enthusiast of all things wireless & mobile. I am completly open minded about saying anything positive, or anything negative about ANY carrier.
So what my question to you is, how would you define being a "troll"?
So what my question to you is, how would you define being a "troll"?
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