Re: Move Threads Rather than Posts » Snowie

Posted by shar on April 10, 2004, at 0:35:34

In reply to Move Threads Rather than Posts, posted by Snowie on April 9, 2004, at 18:14:25

That is a good point. Maybe a thread started about Effexor ends up talking about "Faith."
I wonder, maybe, if it should be in both places...which is, no doubt, a computing nightmare. For example, what if a thread that contains good information about Effexor withdrawal ends in a turn about 'just have faith.'
Should it go on Babble or Faith?
I'm not critical of your point-of-view, just wondering. Maybe the post belongs on both boards, but then there's a problem about how much room it will all take up.
>but if you can't move an entire thread or at least catch it early on, you might as well let the thread run its course in the forum in which it was first posted, whether or not it belonged there in the first place>
The above makes sense to me, 'tho others--maybe those who only visit 'Faith'--would miss out, while those who visit 'Babble' might benefit.
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Shar

> I have a question or suggestion about moving threads to different forums. If you feel a thread belongs in a different forum, rather than move only one post from the entire thread to a different forum, why not move the entire thread? In other words, if I were to see a post by itself that had been moved without the entire thread to explain its existence, I would have no idea where it came from, nor the posts that came before it, and consequently the thread would likely end right there. However, if you move the entire thread (which I requested be done at the beginning of one of my posts, although I wasn't sure if it might take a med turn), you have the whole conversation, not just one post from the entire thread, and the conversation can be continued if so desired. I definitely see a need to keep subject matters together, but if you can't move an entire thread or at least catch it early on, you might as well let the thread run its course in the forum in which it was first posted, whether or not it belonged there in the first place.
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> Snowie

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