Published on 12, July, 2020
Just to be clear if I read the latest moderators note corectly they are saying all threads older than 3 years are going to be deleated. Not locked. Deleated.
I don't belive anyone asked for that inspite of what the note says about listening to feedback. I can only assume it has nothing to do with feedback and more to do with reducing load on the servers.
I think a lot of people probably missed this detail in the note so it was worth mentioning.
I wouldnt want a thread to be deleted after 3 years. If they dont want people replying, I suppose they could lock them, but I like to reference old posts to find disscussions or info I saw earlier. If I wanted to remember a website someone sent me 3 years ago then I wouldnt be able to. Of course I havent even been active here for a year yet but just my thoughts for my future self
I expect part of it is the space. Old profiles and threads will take up space so it makes sense for those to not be here, from that point of view.
Well made and maintained forums can handle lots of old threads gracefully. I can’t comment as to whether this forum is well made or maintained but I have my doubts