Removing thread expiration

Could always PM either Lenny or I to bump the thread. AIM works too.

Could always PM either Lenny or I to bump the thread. AIM works too.

Why should anyone have to go to that trouble though?

I've suggested it before and I still think it's a good idea. Thread digging does nothing but bring more active threads/posts to the forum, and possibly confuses a few people, but it's all in good fun anyway. It's a silly system that should have never been put in place.

EDIT: Oh yeah and why the hell am I not on that list. I can bump shit too.

It's not silly, it's perfectly logical. PM a mod or posting in Talk to the Staff is equivilent to having moderators approve posts in expired threads, anyway.

It's not silly, it's perfectly logical. PM a mod or posting in Talk to the Staff is equivilent to having moderators approve posts in expired threads, anyway.

Not for new members who run across an interesting thread from way back, but who don't know or care to get to know the mods or explore the site enough to find the talk to staff button. Honestly, one thread is generally what hooks people onto a forum. If you find that one thread, but can't do anything with it it makes the forum look less appealing.

Not for new members who run across an interesting thread from way back, but who don't know or care to get to know the mods or explore the site enough to find the talk to staff button. Honestly, one thread is generally what hooks people onto a forum. If you find that one thread, but can't do anything with it it makes the forum look less appealing.

I hadn't even thought about that point, MJ.

Really, what IF someone is brought here by some old thread, but they can't post in it? That might make the difference between them staying or leaving.

It's not silly, it's perfectly logical. PM a mod or posting in Talk to the Staff is equivilent to having moderators approve posts in expired threads, anyway.

I kind of think you overestimate the drive of a lot of people to post in expired threads =P.

Well if they really want to, then they can just ask a staff member to bump it for them...

Well if they really want to, then they can just ask a staff member to bump it for them...

And what about new members? What if they are drawn here to Zelaron by a thread from the past and they want to post in it but they can't?

If a thread is inactive, and has been inactive for a month, then that'll be because people lost interest and just let it die. There's a reason for it being inactive and expired.

If they're a clever member, then they'll ask why they couldn't reply to the thread, and a staff member will probably bump it for them. If they're not, and just leave because of it, then there's a good chance that they're the type of person that posts a few times, and scarpers.

Also, do we really want things that were topical six months, a year, two years, four years ago being brought up again, when people will probably not care about them?

I've personally never seen the need to post in an expired thread. If it's on the same subject that I might have posted a new thread about, then I'd read through, see if it answers my question, and if not, post the new thread. If it does, then no new thread.

EDIT: Oh yeah and why the hell am I not on that list. I can bump shit too.

Lenny and I are on more frequently usually (or so past history suggests). And I sorta forgot of your promotion

Failure imo.