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Good suggestion Ford.

[Burnsite]

I didn't vote against these in the survey (I did participate, and thought that controversial threads should be locked rather than selectively deleted). One of the regular posters here (I've forgotten exactly which one) alerted the Viewpoints folks to the survey.

The Pancake thread was probably the nicest thread that ever ran here--an unbelievably touching thread. But CA no longer posts on it, and I find that rather sad.

Maybe a "Long-Running Favorites" forum could ease the load-time pressure for those with slower internet connections, and regular reboots at #1 could help people revisit those threads. I haven't been on "Pancake" for at least a year because it's just too long to review. It shouldn't go away, though.

[~moxie~]

The only reason we have those kind of threads is for the ego of the poster starting them.

[croemer]

On 8/4/2014 ~moxie~ said: The only reason we have those kind of threads is for the ego of the poster starting them.

Moxie that is just not true...it is about having a good time and building friendships. Why does this have to be about competition?

[dooBdoo]

By the way, for anyone interested the blog post about the possible changes from the QVC Community Team is still open for comments:

http://community.qvc.com/blogs/q/topic/460897/community-update.aspx

[dmod nj]

On 8/4/2014 croemer said:

On 8/4/2014 ~moxie~ said: The only reason we have those kind of threads is for the ego of the poster starting them.

Moxie that is just not true...it is about having a good time and building friendships. Why does this have to be about competition?

croemer, I admire your patience and restraint.

You hit the nail on the head. Well said.

[dmod nj]

On 8/4/2014 dooBdoo said:

By the way, for anyone interested the blog post about the possible changes from the QVC Community Team is still open for comments:

http://community.qvc.com/blogs/q/topic/460897/community-update.aspx

Thanks dbd.

[scotttie]

On 8/4/2014 ~moxie~ said: The only reason we have those kind of threads is for the ego of the poster starting them.

Not so.

They simply BECOME longstanding threads due to posters' interest.

[scotttie]

DooBdoo. You are tech savvy. Do the long standing threads really slow down the boards? I don't believe it. Otherwise TPTB would have closed comment on them a long time ago.

[dooBdoo]

On 8/4/2014 scotttie said:

DooBdoo. You are tech savvy. Do the long standing threads really slow down the boards? I don't believe it. Otherwise TPTB would have closed comment on them a long time ago.

Hi, again, Scottie! Theoretically it could cause a problem on a website, depending upon how their software is written. But on a site like this one, the only thing that might be affected is the individual's experience on their device. I think some people notice, for example, if a thread has multiple images it takes a wee bit longer to display on their device as opposed to a thread with text only.