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safeinthecar
05-03-2008, 02:30 PM
On the forum thread lists it says the name of the poster that started the thread, if the date the thread was started was also listed it might help cut down on the unusually high number of old threads pooping up lately.
keri1292
05-03-2008, 02:47 PM
Yeah, they've been pooping up a lot lately! :ROTFLMAO: :p
joolsplus3
05-03-2008, 02:49 PM
An unusually good Freudian slip ;)

:thumbsup: to the suggestion, though.
CPSDarren
05-03-2008, 02:53 PM
With any luck the new version of the forum software will allow me to lock down threads over x days old...
Simplysomething
05-03-2008, 02:57 PM
The first post in the thread has the date the post was created...If people looked---they'd see that they were looking at two and three year old threads.
NannyMae
05-04-2008, 10:37 PM
With any luck the new version of the forum software will allow me to lock down threads over x days old...

I'm going to be the oddball and say I don't like this idea that much. I do understand what the OP is saying though, and I agree that it's annoying when people try to "help the person out" when the post is XXX months old.

But I also have to say that an old post can be used as reference. I recently added onto a post to sort of "help out" with what I was refering to. (http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=23643&highlight=Pontiac+Grand)

I guess either way there's a pro and a con.
CPSDarren
05-04-2008, 10:56 PM
I'm going to be the oddball and say I don't like this idea that much. I do understand what the OP is saying though, and I agree that it's annoying when people try to "help the person out" when the post is XXX months old.


True, ideally it would be nice if threads with no new posts in, say, the last year could be locked out by usergroup. That way, unregistered guests and new members could not re-surface an old thread, but members could still do so. We can always dream. Didn't have a chance to install that update yet. Maybe later tonight or some night this week...
keri1292
05-04-2008, 11:01 PM
But I also have to say that an old post can be used as reference. I recently added onto a post to sort of "help out" with what I was refering to. (http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=23643&highlight=Pontiac+Grand)

I guess either way there's a pro and a con.

When a thread is locked, it can still be used for reference, just not replied to. :)