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[newziesuzie]

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@ctinaw wrote:

well when you begin a new thread, possible topics come up, and i fyou click onthem it takes you to that thread. I suppose people post to those threads feeling like if the topic has been addressed they should just continue on with it without noticing the date. It's no biggie really. I figure if it is still relevant who cares how old it is. 

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That's what I think it is

@ctinaw, when we put a word or

a few words in the search box

OR when we start a new thread we get

a list of Suggested Topics from other

threads and most of them

are still open even if they're old.

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[missy1]

I generally don't start new threads. Just not my thing. I will pull up an old topic, that I want to add to it, but not start a new thread. confusing?

For example...... I pulled up a 2 week Bachelor thread to remind others it's on tonight.       I did not need to start a new thread for this.

[newziesuzie]

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@missy1 wrote:

I generally don't start new threads. Just not my thing. I will pull up an old topic, that I want to add to it, but not start a new thread. confusing?

For example...... I pulled up a 2 week Bachelor thread to remind others it's on tonight.       I did not need to start a new thread for this.

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Good point @missy1!

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[Drythe]

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@Snicks1 wrote:
I wish the date/time stamp was right under the thread title like it was before the changeover to the new board. That way you could at least tell without opening it, if it is a new thread or an old one dredged up from the past.

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@Snicks1

Hope you will post this over on the 'Suggestion Box' forum.

[Snicks1]

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@Drythe wrote:

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@Snicks1 wrote:
I wish the date/time stamp was right under the thread title like it was before the changeover to the new board. That way you could at least tell without opening it, if it is a new thread or an old one dredged up from the past.

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@Snicks1

Hope you will post this over on the 'Suggestion Box' forum.

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@Drythe, I have posted it there, a long time ago. Got no response, and IIRC, got some negative feedback from other posters for suggesting it, lol. I will post it again though, thanks.

[NC Bandwagon]

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@tantallum wrote:

LOL, there is another post on the beauty board right now with one poster demanding to know why the OP didn't just reply to an old thread instead of starting a new one!!

darned if you do, darned if you don't...

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^

Pretty much this. Post where you like, OP. Most of the people on this site get irritated by everything and nothing, anyway.

[Tinkrbl44]

Here's my two cents .....

In the interest of less duplicate threads, it's been suggested that, before you start a new thread, do a search on your topic and see what comes up.   If there are other threads already started on this subject, why not add your comments to one of those?   Does the original date really matter?

Makes sense to me.

[dooBdoo]

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newziesuzie wrote:

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ctinaw wrote:

well when you begin a new thread, possible topics come up, and i fyou click onthem it takes you to that thread. I suppose people post to those threads feeling like if the topic has been addressed they should just continue on with it without noticing the date. It's no biggie really. I figure if it is still relevant who cares how old it is. 

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That's what I think it is

@ctinaw, when we put a word or

a few words in the search box

OR when we start a new thread we get

a list of Suggested Topics from other

threads and most of them

are still open even if they're old.

😊

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@ctinaw and @newziesuzie,

I really do think that's the major cause, especially since I've noticed more of them showing up after the launch of the new platform. 

The addition of "suggestions" for the search box and new topic subject line, plus the fact that they opened up access to ancient threads (I've seen some resurrected from 2010) seems to be the culprit.

[dooBdoo]

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Tinkrbl44 wrote:

Here's my two cents .....

In the interest of less duplicate threads, it's been suggested that, before you start a new thread, do a search on your topic and see what comes up.   If there are other threads already started on this subject, why not add your comments to one of those?   Does the original date really matter?

Makes sense to me.

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@Tinkrbl44, I can see your point and @missy1 said something along those lines, too.

I think the problem arises with really, really old threads.  Particularly when they involve a controversial topic (and in some cases were closed previously), or when the original poster isn't around and is being criticized for something posted years ago.  It also can be confusing if the issue was resolved long ago. 

I'm surprised the tech folks didn't re-lock access to the older threads and to those which previously were closed for comment.

[MacDUFF]

@dooBdoo

Or old, outdated information contained in the thread.