#11, RE: Megathread Prevention
Posted by Star Ranger4 on Nov-20-01 at 09:16 PM
In response to message #5
>>>As it is, I'm always a little reluctant to step in and lock things >>>because I fear people will go, "Hmm, here's a thought - oh, but this >>>thread's locked, so I guess I won't bother posting it." >> >>Well, if the feature you describe were properly implemented, you could >>do a "reply to new thread" to an article in a locked thread. You just >>couldn't reply within the thread. > >... I know. > >Hence "as it is". Right now that's not possible, and so I fear people >won't bother going the long way around to break new comments out of >old threads; they'll just let the new comments die unposted. >indeed.... its taken me a while to think through how to break a new post out from an old thread... I think a reply to new would be an excellent addtion to the board. If Zoner himself can't do it, maybe we can talk the DCI board people into making it a new standard feature?? ___________________
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