2010-07-12, 02:09 AM
Eosian Wrote:Forums are made for conversation and discussion, not personal single thread galleries.
You've described the entire forum.
I've seen an entire one post to a thread older than two weeks, ever, that qualified as a substantial contribution, and it honestly could've been it's own followup thread.
Are you implying that the Shady Tree shouldn't belong on SP because people like Felix should write his stories in a blog? I personally see nothing with anything from the Expressive arts. I see blogs more for little things that people may not care enough about to post on the forums, such as their feelings for a specific day/event or wanting to advertise something.
As for the 2nd part, how have I described all of SP? Take for example the Pokemon subsection. The "Where are you now on your Heart Gold/ Soul Silver playthrough" may be slower now than it was before but there can always be new people wanting to talk about their experiences in the game. As for threads with barely one post, those are usually in something like Maple Q&A, Speakeasy, or even the Funhouse.
Such sections of this forum are meant for short/brief discussion that should not be expanding into an epic debate, in which they can be subjected to the No Necro restriction.
I can understand wanting to save time and trouble from warning/infracting necroposters, but on the other hand, how often a day or even a week in SP has someone or some people decided to necro a long gone thread with a useless post?
Also, how would this stop people from trying to bump up a thread before the 21 day mark because they still think the thread has value, or in the Expressive Arts case the writer/artist is thinking of uploading a new story/artwork but isn't ready yet? Then the Necro restriction will either be reversed or newer stricter rules will be implemented because of people abusing the 21 day limit; this feature is essentially a 21 day thread lock.