Sticky threads...

[Icon of Sin]

What if a separate forum was created for all the sticky threads... those threads get moved there... then we have one sticky that links to them. Then that sticky title can be updated as needed with a date saying something like "Updated 7-1-25" whenever something new gets added.

Then a regular thread can also be created to the new contents of what is going into the sticky.

I mean, there are so many Sticky Threads, I feel they are counter-acting their original purpose and new ones are getting lost in the sauce of the old ones... not to mention, it takes up half the first page.

 

[T411]

Excuse the ignorance of this old man and for asking a dumb question… what makes a thread sticky?

 

[Bob Jewett]

Excuse the ignorance of this old man and for asking a dumb question… what makes a thread sticky?

It's an option that a moderator can set on a thread. Sticky threads appear at the top of the thread list on the forum listing.

As for why threads are made sticky, it's for administration threads, like the rules for posting, and for special threads that should be kept in view for various reasons.

Maybe the multiple forum posting rules threads could be consolidated. The purposes of several of the special threads have expired.

 

[Icon of Sin]

Maybe the multiple forum posting rules threads could be consolidated. The purposes of several of the special threads have expired.

Yeah. I agree with this as well. I feel anything more then like 5 or 6 stickies just defeats the purpose of stickies. Have an announcement forum where people can comment on threads but not create them... then have a sticky in all the forums that just gets updated when a new announcement is made and links to it.

Just my opinion

H<-----overall, I'm just happy to be here.

 

[skip100]

Many of the stickies have reached their sell-by date. They take up an entire browser page that needs to be scrolled past every time you open the site.

 

[JAM]

What if a separate forum was created for all the sticky threads... those threads get moved there... then we have one sticky that links to them. Then that sticky title can be updated as needed with a date saying something like "Updated 7-1-25" whenever something new gets added.

Then a regular thread can also be created to the new contents of what is going into the sticky.

I mean, there are so many Sticky Threads, I feel they are counter-acting their original purpose and new ones are getting lost in the sauce of the old ones... not to mention, it takes up half the first page.

That is a great idea. Leave one or two up there for the forum rules for sure, and consolidation of the others would be really great. On a PC computer, I can scroll down easily and see the first new thread on the Main Forum, but if I using my iPhone to read the Main Forum, a lot of that scrolling just seems a wee bit extensive to get to that first new thread.