Posted by AuntieMel on September 28, 2004, at 9:35:50
In reply to Lou's response to Auntie Mel-1 of many » AuntieMel, posted by Lou Pilder on September 28, 2004, at 8:56:33
Good one, Lou. That's an idea I hadn't thought of. A scenario where you post three, someone complains about it, which frees you up to post three more! This is the first case I've seen where the complainer (by babble rules) gets the opposite effect than desired.
And you are right - as long as someone slips a post in for every three of yours you could keep posting 'till the cows come home.
Unfortunately I can't think of an alternative that would please everyone. But is it ever possible for everyone to be pleased? The best I can think of is for the main page to act the same way as the ones you get when reading a post on a long thread: show the first few and the last few and hide the rest. Like:
# Support Toph 9/23/04
...
# Re: Support » Glydin Toph 9/23/04
# Re: Support Dr. Bob 9/24/04For the life of me I can't see what is disturbing about this in the first place, except for the possibility that boards might archive quicker. Everyone has a choice not to read if they don't want to.
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