• Max post count on threads?
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On Oldpunch, threads had a max post count of 5000, after which they would automatically lock. Since many of these autolocked threads unlocked during the site move a few months back, one can reasonably assume that this was because the max post count was affected. So, what happened to it? Was the cap raised, or was it removed? If it was raised, then what's the new cap? I'm sorry if this question was already answered. I just did a quick search to check if this was asked, and nothing came up.
There is no post cap because the newpunch forums aren't as shitty as vBulletin is on the database side of things. The post cap was there on the old forums because vBulletin will load all posts in a thread before figuring out what posts you need for the page you're viewing so larger threads mean much heavier server load, especially really active ones like lamo pics.
Aww, that sucks. I mean, I'm glad everythings better on the backend, but I've grown to anticipate and even enjoy threads restarting at a certain point. It helped herd things back on track if discussion got too off topic. No post limits just seems like a bad idea to me. Maybe I'm just too used to Oldpunch.
Seems like an autolock just got added, and I just saw a thread with 3k posts get locked so the post limit is probably stupidly low now
What a weird change. I guess this is probably one of Garry's forced arbitrary changes to try and encourage what he thinks the forums should be. (Making a new thread for literally everything. Ah wait, I probably should've put this reply in a new thread now that I think about it! )
Gotta keep them thread versions going lmao
A thread with 1k posts got locked. So basically after about 3 pages, new thread. Throw shit at the wall and see what sticks. Then just spray it with a firehose of shit and walk away leaving the contents of a sewer strewn across the area without even a hint of thought put in to it.
Big threads definitely got autolocked.. Not sure if 3k is the lowest limit.
I just manually locked three threads, there sooo an autolock
I wonder if it isn't an age limit rather than a post limit then. Though if it's an age limit it should be based on last post and not thread creation time.
Between 800 and 1000 I'm guessing from the current autolocked threads. Probably 1000 on the dot.
Nah, the Jurassic Park games thread is 10 months old but only at a couple hundred posts and is still unlocked. The Nintendo General thread though is 4 months old, 6k posts, and got locked. Both got a new post at the same time.
Why is this a thing, popular threads are just gonna get remade and ones for big events like the E3 one won't even last two days, which will end up being really annoying to try and follow
a 6 year old thread just got bumped out of nowhere. it would be good to really put autolocks on threads based on inactive time since the last post, because for a moment i was happy to see a new game i like was being ported only to find someone bumped the 2012 trailer announcement just to post a model.
Better to have a warning about the threads age tbh, since there can be useful bumps though there is a point where it's just insane
I like thread versions if the OP actually keeps up-to-date information in them. IIRC the OP can't be edited anymore after some time has passed. But the post limit should at least be at around the level where it was before the move.
so is this the part where we go through all of the popular threads and bump them just to get them locked? it's really stupid how this just happens and oh well thats that.
Changes like this could really use some more clear announcement rather than leaving us stumbling around trying to figure out what's what.
Glad to hear the only thing that made browsing the games section bearable on the new forums (follow thread) now comes on a timer and I have to manually keep track whenever a thread gets locked and dig around to find the new one I'm sure this is going to come across as whining, I was on board with the new forums at first but as time goes on it's becoming increasingly hard not to buy into the conspiracy that garry is fucking up the forums on purpose, they just keep getting more unusable with every change Meanwhile basic shit we had on the old forums like news node is still broken
Jeez, made me think I was the kiss of death as two threads just got locked when I posted in them
oh fuck lmao pics is literally gonna be remade every week
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