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Ed Pawlowski Ed Pawlowski is offline
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Default If a thread takes months, is it better to stay on the same thread?

On 10/11/2014 2:33 PM, Danny D. wrote:
My habits are to read the top 10 or 20 threads (whatever fits on one
screen), so, I wouldn't see a thread that is old, by a few weeks.

On the other hand, there's a thread about the treehouse in the redwoods
which will likely take months, as each stage has multiple questions for
improvement.

Is it better to post each separate question, and then each thread goes to
the top? Or, better to re-use the old thread?

Would you even *see* posts in an old thread? (I wouldn't.)


New posts to old thread will show up as a part of it. News servers can
keep posts for years so your record will be a part of it for reference.
That is handy for anyone searching for a particular subject.