posted on September 14, 2000 05:21:10 AM
So why keep on "Locking" all the paypal threads?
A topic is a topic. Why does it matter how many posts on the topic are made?
If it is what the posters feel like talking about, let them talk.
All this "locking" is ridiculous.
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."---Mark Twain
[ edited by jwoodcrafts on Sep 14, 2000 05:21 AM ]
posted on September 14, 2000 05:27:31 AM
I don't see where the moderators are complaining about the number of posts. I believe they are trying to keep a few well-populated threads on this topic going, rather than an infinite number of onesy-twosey threads, under the belief that collecting opinions and discussions in a few threads is better than wholesale dispersion.
I agree with them in general on that, by the way. I'd rather keep up with a couple of threads on a given topic than try to follow 20 (or 30 or...).
Now, whether the "magic number" is 3 or 5 or 7 is another discussion.
posted on September 14, 2000 05:46:23 AM
I understand that also and agree with you to some extent.
But if this is what people want to discuss it, then as long as they are not hurting anyone I don't see why they shouldn't be allowed to discuss it in as many threads as they want to.
But that is just my opinion.
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."---Mark Twain
posted on September 14, 2000 07:01:31 AM
The presumption is that AW has expertise in managing discussion threads, such that their guidance can make this a more rewarding experience for the masses of people who come here.
The fact that anyone can start a thread at any time, with very little effort, will tend to make threads proliferate, perhaps beyond the optimal point (whereby the AW moderators step in and "protect us from ourselves" ).
And the "hidden concept" here is that allowing an explosion of threads on a single topic actually *does* "hurt" someone - the people who are trying to use AW efficiently and effectively, who would otherwise have to try and keep up with a huge number of threads.
All this hinges, of course, on the competency of the moderators - as long as they are better than the typical poster here, we can presume that their intervention leaves AW a better place for all of us...
posted on September 14, 2000 09:11:50 AM
Many of the closed threads covered the same content as other open threads. Things were becoming redundant. I don't see a problem with several different threads being open regarding "paypal", as long as the issues or content of the threads vary. However,
we don't need 5 or 6 threads discussing the same "paypal" issue.
posted on September 14, 2000 09:39:50 AM
It is to be remembered that AW and Paypal are "partners." Of course, AW wants to keep criticisms of its "partner" buried elsewhere on the site where a lot of people won't see them.
