2012-06-15, 21:58
I think it is a major problem when threads get too long since it takes at least a day to read 50 pages, and some threads are even longer than that. Actually, just due to the length of the threads, some questions get posted several times, since new users don't read all of the old posts (or read it too quickly) - in a thread I'm reading right now (75 pages long) the patient thread hosts have answered one particular question 5 times. And people who quote 50 lines of text and add one line of their own should be keelhauled..
A suggestion to improve this:
Let the thread starter mark posts and parts of posts as "less interesting to the main target group". And then let the users be able to select "show" or "don't show" these parts.
The parts I'm thinking should be possible to hide this way are:
* Repeated questions
* To replace all quotes by "@" followed by the name of the prevoius poster
* Things that are very personal for a single user (e g for an unusual setup) and not likely to interest many
* Posts that don't fit the intentions of the host (off topic or something like that)
* Obsolete stuff (e g many times most of the posts in the beginning of the thread do no longer apply or later posts replace them)
A suggestion to improve this:
Let the thread starter mark posts and parts of posts as "less interesting to the main target group". And then let the users be able to select "show" or "don't show" these parts.
The parts I'm thinking should be possible to hide this way are:
* Repeated questions
* To replace all quotes by "@" followed by the name of the prevoius poster
* Things that are very personal for a single user (e g for an unusual setup) and not likely to interest many
* Posts that don't fit the intentions of the host (off topic or something like that)
* Obsolete stuff (e g many times most of the posts in the beginning of the thread do no longer apply or later posts replace them)