06-08-2008, 04:49 AM
In my opinion, as long as a post or thread contains substance and is related to the subject, then it should be fine. Regardless of the age of the post or thread, it shouldn't matter. Actually, most forums these days require a person to look for older threads before posting a new topic. If the topic exists, they should post in there. It makes more sense to me for cleanliness at least. Some forums also implement a feature that deletes topics after a set amount of time. Now in this forum's case that could be a useful tool but then it may delete topics that would potentially be helpful to late-comers. (Or does this forum already have such a feature?)
I remember back in the 90's when I was a single-digit-aged being that forums were a lot less strict. Over recent years I have noticed that so many forums have gone into focusing too much on ridiculous rules and enforcing them rather than making for a quality discussion area. But back in the 90's, a lot of forums that I used to frequent often had a few rules and that was more than enough. The rules were often things like no spamming, no flaming/insulting, and maybe a few others. Many forums even had sections that were not moderated and were a free for all. Of course those type of forum sections can get really nasty, so I don't see them as an absolute necessity.
Anyway, before any mods or members result to flaming me... I am not referring to Ragol.co.uk when speaking of overly-strict forums. Sure I may think that a few of the rules on Ragol.co.uk are a little stringent, but I follow them because I am interested in posting here.
But yeah, that's my opinion on the subject. Just some thoughts I had after a long day of repeatedly revising a musical piece for a client before finally getting approval.
-- Also, as for this old-posting rule that everybody seems to be so hung up on. It really is not listed in the Forum Rules or FAQ sections. So if someone wants to add that in there, that would be best if it is a rule.
I remember back in the 90's when I was a single-digit-aged being that forums were a lot less strict. Over recent years I have noticed that so many forums have gone into focusing too much on ridiculous rules and enforcing them rather than making for a quality discussion area. But back in the 90's, a lot of forums that I used to frequent often had a few rules and that was more than enough. The rules were often things like no spamming, no flaming/insulting, and maybe a few others. Many forums even had sections that were not moderated and were a free for all. Of course those type of forum sections can get really nasty, so I don't see them as an absolute necessity.
Anyway, before any mods or members result to flaming me... I am not referring to Ragol.co.uk when speaking of overly-strict forums. Sure I may think that a few of the rules on Ragol.co.uk are a little stringent, but I follow them because I am interested in posting here.
But yeah, that's my opinion on the subject. Just some thoughts I had after a long day of repeatedly revising a musical piece for a client before finally getting approval.
-- Also, as for this old-posting rule that everybody seems to be so hung up on. It really is not listed in the Forum Rules or FAQ sections. So if someone wants to add that in there, that would be best if it is a rule.
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