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TV ClubHouse: Archive: USA 2002: All Things Technical for BB 2002 (computer stuff): New Conversation Button

Duncan

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 09:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What happened to the CREATE NEW CONVERSATION button on the BB3 General Conversation Board?

Moderator

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Every now and then, we turn that function off for a bit.

As we've noted many times, when too many threads get started, the board begins to have performance problems.

Occasionally, people get a little over-enthusiastic about starting discussions. They forget to look at the list of existing threads to see if the topic is already being discussed and start a new thread instead. The result is duplicate threads talking about the same thing.

The next thing you know, board performance is getting slower and slower and the moderators are getting frustrated by trying to combine and close duplicate threads. So, for the sake of everyone's web-well-being, we temporarily disable the ability to create new discussions.

So, how can you help? Before starting a new thread, ALWAYS look through the existing threads to see if the topic is already being discussed. That will help everyone out in the long run.

Thanks for your understanding. :)

(c)

Duncan

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 10:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks! I fully understand. I am just glad I wasn't seeing things ( or not seeing them in this case ).

Ryn

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 11:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
its back on now :)