General question : Is there a cost to opening new threads?

[SaintGnome]

Hey folks,
I get some threads have inconsequential add-ons (general non Saints related free agents is a good example) and that I can understand. But do we have to have 4 mega threads instead of 8-whatever individual threads? Some topics do deserve their own threads: Winston coming back or our Minshew or another QB IMO deserves a thread of their own. I might be the only one, but I'm not on the board 24-7 so when I have to enter a mega thread and there are over a hundred pages, I usually do not know what page to enter the thread. When there's a significant Saints question can we (mostly meaning you) open a new thread? If free agent signings thread doesn't get any new threads from here to September, geez how many pages will it have??

For your consideration forum friends, respect.

[saintfan]

I know one thing that would help is if speedo would stop flooding the board with his twitter feed. I have suggested he start his own 'speedo's tweeto' thread. We could kill two birds with one stone as all the plagiarism would be confined to a single thread. It'd sure make my job easier.

[ChrisXVI]

All message boards nowadays are pretty much just Twitter depositories. I’m guilty of it myself.

[SmashMouth]

Originally Posted by SaintGnome

Hey folks,
I get some threads have inconsequential add-ons (general non Saints related free agents is a good example) and that I can understand. But do we have to have 4 mega threads instead of 8-whatever individual threads? Some topics do deserve their own threads: Winston coming back or our Minshew or another QB IMO deserves a thread of their own. I might be the only one, but I'm not on the board 24-7 so when I have to enter a mega thread and there are over a hundred pages, I usually do not know what page to enter the thread. When there's a significant Saints question can we (mostly meaning you) open a new thread? If free agent signings thread doesn't get any new threads from here to September, geez how many pages will it have??

For your consideration forum friends, respect.

You're more than welcome to start new threads. This is one of the reasons we have this medium. If it happens to duplicate something already started, you may notice it hopefully before you post it. If not, no worries, well handle it accordingly. We understand it's tougher to follow during FA periods and what not.

[jeanpierre]

Much prefer the continuity and aggregate of a discussion along a thread versus jumping back and forth through the chaos of a hundred threads...

Plus fewer duplicate shares when there are fewer threads; conversely it's easier to go back on a single thread to find an information share to reference versus a dozen threads...

On more elite boards like Sons of Sam Horn (Boston Red Sox), not everyone can start a thread; fortunately, as Smash pointed out, we've fewer restrictions, so you do you...

[SaintGnome]

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

You're more than welcome to start new threads. This is one of the reasons we have this medium. If it happens to duplicate something already started, you may notice it hopefully before you post it. If not, no worries, well handle it accordingly. We understand it's tougher to follow during FA periods and what not.

Smash,
I always appreciate your input, and I do make my own posts when I feel I have something to individually to say. But I was more talking to the posters that post almost if daily if not hourly stories and tag it in the generical the monster threads that can go on for months..

[Rugby Saint II]

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

Much prefer the continuity and aggregate of a discussion along a thread versus jumping back and forth through the chaos of a hundred threads...

Plus fewer duplicate shares when there are fewer threads; conversely it's easier to go back on a single thread to find an information share to reference versus a dozen threads...

On more elite boards like Sons of Sam Horn (Boston Red Sox), not everyone can start a thread; fortunately, as Smash pointed out, we've fewer restrictions, so you do you...

That is true right up until the thread gets thread jacked to call out another poster and it devolves into hate speech. I don't see this as much since I blocked saintfan though. Is he still at, it or can I unblock him now to read the info he brings again?

I have tried to start a few threads but two or three responses is just embarrassing. Lol There are thread masters here on the bng that I highly respect.

[TheOak]

(Patiently waiting for a Tweet from Guido to address this question)

[TheOak]

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

Much prefer the continuity and aggregate of a discussion along a thread versus jumping back and forth through the chaos of a hundred threads...

Plus fewer duplicate shares when there are fewer threads; conversely it's easier to go back on a single thread to find an information share to reference versus a dozen threads...

On more elite boards like Sons of Sam Horn (Boston Red Sox), not everyone can start a thread; fortunately, as Smash pointed out, we've fewer restrictions, so you do you...

I’m not disagreeing with you JP, more just nuance. What I have learned after having owned and run a few boards is that users have different interpretations of what the thread topic is. If a thread about Watson turns into a discussion about Winston it’s veered off topic. If the thread were titled ‘QBs we are considering’ then they aren’t off topic. Sometimes a subject line change is warranted over a thread merge or split.

One unwritten rule about forums is that activity generally breeds activity. If I look at a board for the first time and I only see three threads replied to in the last 24-48 hours then it’s a dead board to me. If I see 15 discussions (not articles posted, different animal) started by the same user in the last 24 hours and it just so happens to be the Admin/Owner that’s false activity.

One thread 27 pages long is generally treated like one post 27 paragraphs long… tl;dr and skip to the last page. If a thread is 2 days old with 10 pages I’m more likely to read through than a thread 6 weeks old with 10 pages.

If we want a quality board then there are no hard rules but rather users that practice a little discretion and run a short search before posting to help decide if there is already a discussion they can build upon or if the topic is unique enough to start a new thread.

For what it’s worth, one liners statements like “Goodel sucks” might get a bunch of likes but generate little qualitive discussion, a one liner questions like “what do you think the future of the NFL should look like?” Should generate plenty of discussions and opinions. These are discussion boards after all.

Realize it or not but, just by asking the question that you did you’ve started a thread with a lot better quality discussion that many threads on this page.

[Rugby Saint II]

In that case I'd like to use this thread discussing Payton Turner, Pete Werner, and Paulson Adebo. If it's alright with the OP rather than starting a new thread.

I'd like to see how the rookies will progress this year and if they can be impact starters. The way I see it Turner could eventually replace Davenport, who has progressed nicely, but misses far too much playing time. Turner looked good in limited play but was injured early on. Sound familiar?

Does Turner have the potential to take over for an aging Cam in a couple of years or slide in for Davenport if we can't afford to keep him next year? Turner is raw like Davenport and may need as much time to develop. Although, I most certainly hope not.

Kwon Alexander is great to pair with Demario Davis, but he also has an extensive injury history and might get some great offers reflecting his play the last couple of years with the Saints. I hope he's back because we are dynamic at LB'er when these two are together. If not, we drafted Werner last year who played surprisingly good football in his limited playing time in relief for Kwon.

We also have Adebo who surprised everybody by filling in admirably at # 2 CB. We kept Roby and Lattimore so that position is a strength right now.

Special mention: I hope this wasn't a thread jack which I don't care for.