In reply to a post by j0hn83:

Users suddenly deciding they don't like thread lengths though and creating new ones?

... Just causes chaos.

However, although I agree with you about user settings, I see nothing wrong with someone suggesting a thread be closed due to the length they see. Trying to pre-emptively force it is a different matter. Not a good idea.

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

You are correct.
The thread before that was 41 pages, and the Cerberus thread 39 pages.

I suggest anyone who has an issue with the thread length tweak their settings to show more more posts per thread.

I personally see no need to restart these threads too often, and 3 pages is more than manageable.

If the staff choose to do this that's up to them.
Users suddenly deciding they don't like thread lengths though and creating new ones?

Having a page size of 99 may work for you but sadly not for everyone, so because you see no reason to restart it means it shouldn't be restarted. Thanks for being a community minded person.

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

If the staff choose to do this that's up to them.
Users suddenly deciding they don't like thread lengths though and creating new ones?

Well the mods did specifically say anyone is allowed to create a new thread with links to the old one (instead of leaving it up to the mods) and as this was was almost the same size as the previous one, I thought it would be helpful:

http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/fibre/t/4604821-re-...

Obviously i shouldn't have bothered...

In reply to a post by dect:

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

You are correct.
The thread before that was 41 pages, and the Cerberus thread 39 pages.

I suggest anyone who has an issue with the thread length tweak their settings to show more more posts per thread.

I personally see no need to restart these threads too often, and 3 pages is more than manageable.

If the staff choose to do this that's up to them.
Users suddenly deciding they don't like thread lengths though and creating new ones?

Having a page size of 99 may work for you but sadly not for everyone, so because you see no reason to restart it means it shouldn't be restarted. Thanks for being a community minded person.

You prefer the approach where a single user says "threads too long for my liking, here's a new one".

Yea... that's community minded.

I see nothing wrong with someone suggesting a thread be closed due to the length they see. Trying to pre-emptively force it is a different matter. Not a good idea.

This ^^^ Would have been the right approach.

You read that different to me....

I read that as when the staff close a thread and make a new 1, if you don't like that we didn't add a link to the old thread, add it yourself.

You need to read the previous posts for context.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I see nothing wrong with someone suggesting a thread be closed due to the length they see. Trying to pre-emptively force it is a different matter. Not a good idea.

Point taken, I should have asked first. Anyway moving forward, its up to the mods if they want to close this thread or not - if they decide to leave it open then they should delete the new thread i created earlier to avoid confusion:

http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/fibre/f/4612934-ftt...

Edited by deleted (Tue 12-Feb-19 11:58:51)

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

In reply to a post by dect:

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

You are correct.
The thread before that was 41 pages, and the Cerberus thread 39 pages.

I suggest anyone who has an issue with the thread length tweak their settings to show more more posts per thread.

I personally see no need to restart these threads too often, and 3 pages is more than manageable.

If the staff choose to do this that's up to them.
Users suddenly deciding they don't like thread lengths though and creating new ones?

Having a page size of 99 may work for you but sadly not for everyone, so because you see no reason to restart it means it shouldn't be restarted. Thanks for being a community minded person.

You prefer the approach where a single user says "threads too long for my liking, here's a new one".

Yea... that's community minded.

I see nothing wrong with someone suggesting a thread be closed due to the length they see. Trying to pre-emptively force it is a different matter. Not a good idea.

This ^^^ Would have been the right approach.

If we had to have a debate before a new thread was started it could go on for another 30 pages, and before anyone suggests a referendum to decide we know the thread would never end up getting closed.

A part 3 is up and running at http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/fibre/t/4612934-ftt...