New Forum : "Classic Threads"
Every once in awhile there's a thread that is something that is a defining landmark in AppleInsider's history....most recently, Murbot's hysterical hard drive recovery thread over in General Discussion. What do you guys think about a forum where "Classic" threads can go? They'd of course be locked, read-only, but they'd be part of the AI museum.
Too bad we don't have the old "I am making plastics now" thread. Anyway, just a thought.
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Too bad we don't have the old "I am making plastics now" thread. Anyway, just a thought.
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Comments
1. Why bother?
2. Who decides if it's worthy of the title 'Classic Thread' or not?
Pursuant to this idea, I had once bandied about the idea of having a 'Stupid Threads' forum where things would be moved instead of being locked. Decided against it, because, well, it's just not practical.
[quote]Originally posted by Jonathan:
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Pursuant to this idea, I had once bandied about the idea of having a 'Stupid Threads' forum where things would be moved instead of being locked.</strong><hr></blockquote>
A forum for Really Stupid Threads? What were you on when you had that idea Jonathan?
J :cool:
<strong>Problems I see with this idea:
1. Why bother?
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Well the old AI had archives didn't it? It wasn't quite the same, since those archives were threads from all the different foums, but what makes it such a bad idea?
In the 3.5 years I've been hanging out here there have been some classic threads that all the old-timers remember and refer to occasionally. I just thought that it would be nice to capture some of the better ones for posterity. Not everything deserves to take up space on the server, but some would.
This could even lead to an Annual AI Awards Online Banquet wherein we remember the best threads of the past year and induct them into the AI Hall of Fame.
Nominations would be made by a certain date, all the AI members would vote and so on....
Anyway, it was just an idea.
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Well the old AI had archives didn't it? It wasn't quite the same, since those archives were threads from all the different foums, but what makes it such a bad idea?</strong><hr></blockquote>
The archives were only for when a forum reached over 50,000 posts, I believe, to relieve strain on the server.
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The archives were only for when a forum reached over 50,000 posts, I believe, to relieve strain on the server.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Oh, I didn't know that.
*shrug*
--PEte
PS - You guys remind me of my Computer Club in high school. We ran a 6-line BBS, the only high-school run multi-line BBS in the state at the time, and were we obsessed --