i was looking at an old thread of mine and noticed it was closed. odd
went back a ways in the main forum saw past a certain date ALL threads were closed
what could possibly be the reason for this?
yep it's annoying and worrying
The forum ( especially the old one ) used to be a treasure trove .
it still is! the old one i mean… i'm actually reading from it right now and feeling a big sentimental :/
only problem is the internet archive is extremely unwieldy. a lot of the links are halfway broken requiring manually cutting/pasting and editing. at this point at least everything seems to be accessible if you're willing to go through the effort. its crazy how much culture was lost in the transition here
Yes , there is a reason , reason is that the forum per setup policy would close all threads inactive for a certain period. But I do believe that due to complaints then this policy was later changed so that this does no longer happen automatically. (unless for a reason then we the Moderators are not privy to general forum settings done by the forum Administrators in as much as that they do not report to us about their doings in general)
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Hello,
please mention (with links here) which ones you want, and i will reopen them.
Reason why they closed, explained by PoorFellow, above. :-)
…btw, i also don't like that "auto-close" option… at least it should be expanded to a full year of inactivity before a thread get closed…
