appiah4 wrote:From time to time I have small questions that I do not feel are worthy of their own threads, so I usually end up derailing the "What retro activity did you get up to today?" thread. So instead, I thought I would just fire off a few minor questions I had today here, and maybe this can turn into a thread of its own and people can pop in to ask small questions that don't really deserve their own thread without derailing other conversations?
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So hey, I hope this wasn't a bad idea.
IMO, it's a terrible idea. Each one of your questions is certainly worthy of its own thread (and they are even connected, so you could certainly start a single thread to address them all, but make it specific and with a proper title!)
Threads don't cost money, and they make it easier to search, group by title, and track information. I hate generic "garbage bin" threads where everyone just writes everything remotely related to something, and that run for hundreds of pages. Posts on page 1 have no connection with page 2 (not to mention page 73), and it's impossible to find anything.
Please, please, somebody lock this thread and nip this in the bud.
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