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Why did this get closed?

Discussion in 'Site Feedback and Suggestions' started by MetalX, Jun 16, 2007.

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  1. MetalX TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,902

    I just found today Techspot's longest ever thread.

    http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic667.html

    Why was it closed? Everyone just kept posting and posting and nobody did anything wrong except writing co.cktail and activating the word filter (but that's a real word), and suddenly, after someone's innocent post the thread was closed. After 3673 posts... A shame really.
    MetalX, Jun 16, 2007
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  2. howard_hopkinso Newcomer, in training Posts: 25,949   +16

    I have no idea why that thread was closed, I wasn`t even a member back then. ;)

    I`m sure someone will be able to enlighten us though lol.

    Regards Howard :)
    howard_hopkinso, Jun 16, 2007
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  3. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor Posts: 6,037   +117

    That was a long time ago, I think at the beginning we wanted to create a HUGE thread just for the heck of it. But then when we had the huge thread, I started worrying about the size of the vB database if the pace continued... and that was a much smaller forum back in 2002! :D
    Julio Franco, Jun 16, 2007
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  4. MetalX TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,902

    So can't we reopen it? It seems like a fun idea ;)
    MetalX, Jun 17, 2007
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  5. twite TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,083

    Know we all know why Arris had 4,300 posts;)
    twite, Jun 17, 2007
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  6. LinkedKube TechSpot Project Baby Posts: 4,179   +22

    Lets reopen the thread. Might be fun.
    LinkedKube, Jun 17, 2007
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  7. howard_hopkinso Newcomer, in training Posts: 25,949   +16

    As Julio was worried about the VB data base back then, when we only had a few thousand members. It seems logical, that with Techspot fast approaching 80,000 members, he wouldn`t want to risk opening that thread again. ;)

    Regards Howard :)
    howard_hopkinso, Jun 17, 2007
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  8. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor Posts: 6,037   +117

    I'm afraid I won't give what you want on this one, just because it can cause a hurdle to admin in the future... however I'm open for any other 'games' or ideas you come up with.
    Julio Franco, Jun 17, 2007
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