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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

before I begin...the status quo isn't bad, but like most things I do have an opinion on this and since someone started a thread...

I'm admittedly not a fan of mega threads. I think for news stories, especially hockey ones, the old thread should be locked with each new development and preferably linked in the 1st post of the new thread. I know this likely means extra responsibilities for the mods, but hopefully only short term. It didn't used to be like this. People used to know to start new threads. Come to think of it maybe the only person we need to tell is Sureloss.

As for the off topic forum it seems harder to "fix" so to speak. I count 15/30 threads on p1 are mega threads. I don't think a lot of them can be fixed as easily as FOI. It's not like many of them are filled with new thread worthy news all the time. Funny pics, aviation, GMG etc probably need to stay the way they are.

But ones like US politics, the Bunk thread, the airport thread, Don't wanna live on this planet and ISIS all could just be new threads with each new development or story.

Oh and I'd love to see the game threads for Mafia, or whatever that stuff is, just stickied for each round. I think it would make it easier for the contestants and help keep it out of the way of the regular threads.

I've found off topic has slowed down a lot, in terms of new threads. So much talk is over in the Entertainment and Tech forums. Oh and about those. I would encourage people to start threads for each show/movie. Death to mega comic book threads and tv show threads. I mean, I guess they can stay but should be for news that isn't thread worthy like random casting news for some movie 3 years away. Let the BvS and Xmen talk happen in their own threads.

I guess a lot of my suggestions are things that the users themselves, perhaps even me, need to actively participate in for it to happen. I just am hesitant to seem pushy or presumptive.

My unsolicited two cents.

Jesus, man. Does every post have to be a novel?