Disappearing threads?

[Mr 5 0]

To All:

Very few threads are deleted on this board; maybe one per month, sometimes not even that and FYI, I do most of the deleting, based on rule violations and/or inflamatory content.

What often happens is this: you have your preferences set for two days (recommended) and if the post doesn't get a response within two days, it falls off your list of posts shown.

Remember, the two-day time frame ends at 12:01 am, so the post you see at 11:45, go to get a snack and come back to post on, will be 'gone' when the clock turns 12:01.

Just try changing your preference to say, five days, and it'll probably show up.

Another factor in so-called 'disappearing threads' is the pages on the forum being allocated for posts. The traffic has increased and we often are using two pages and sometimes, three. Check the bottom of the list for the total number of posts and always go to the second page to check for those 'missing' posts.

Sometimes, you can forget or confuse the title of the thread (many are similar) and that makes it hard to find again. I've done this.

As I said; a very few threads do get deleted and I don't announce it, they just 'go'. This is necessary to keep a useful messageboard and is done infrequently as we have a intelligent, mostly mature membership that may get intense but usually not to the point of requiring deletion, which Dan and I attempt to avoid, and usually do.