ORIGINAL: TNX
In all honesty, if everyone just did a search, the forum would die as there would be no new posts. Its teh new threads, whether repeat or not, is what keeps any forum alive.
Here is an example, just a made up example;
TTR S3, search method example- Thread about what setup works, pretty soon every setup is tried, and people just search that topic and do not add. We only see new TTR S3 threads when new parts come out, but again, they die as people just search.
Obviously you dont understand forum ettiquette at all....
The orignal TTR S3 thread would now be 10 pages long and a real resource for every TTR-S3 driver if forum ettiquette was followed and everybody added to the same thread...
ORIGINAL: TNX
TTR S3, current example, noob example if you will. - Threads start, with one coming out as the main one. When it starts to slow down,. someone who didnt do a search started another one. That either sparks the old one to start up again, or the new one takes over. This continues until the buggy is not popular anymore.
With the first example, the forum is very quiet, almost like reading a text based website.
With the second example, the forum is alive, tips, arguments, new products, the whole package.
Now I want you to ask yourself, especially you as you said you bore easily, which forum will you visit more? If you said the first one just google for articles as forums are not for you.
I dont visit dead forums, as that is no fun. When I see last post was two weeks ago, I go here where there is always somethine new.
Another key thing about new and repeat posts is even with a repost there is always something a bit different and new. Kinda like when someone remakes a song or movie. We are kinda complain about them, but we still buy the CD or DVD, as it is different enough to keep our interest.
Yeah its alive, alive with the same question asked 15-20 times a week, in a different thread, and all the good threads, with useful info that shouldn't need repeating is now 50 pages into this forum, the search function brings up 25 threads instead of 1 or 2 and you have to wade thru all those threads to see if its worth posting your question..
If we had a 777 Thread, and S3 thread a Hobao/Ofna Thread, and X-Ray thread ad nauseum, we would find things and stay much more uptodate, but no, lets have it yourway, unwieldy, repetitive, perfect for n00b's to build a post count and appear to be experts...
Yeah, that sounds like a great idea...
Oh wait, we already have that....
Like many, I am now posting more in other forums that A. Are better managed B.Are easier to stay upto date with C. Dont have to sift thru piles of waffle before I find a useful comment... Its a community, you get out what you put in.... volume of garbage in, volume of garbage out...
But if you love the..... oooh ten new threads to read - when you come to RCU, I guess you's is all happy
