Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
If we do not hit our goal we will be forced to close the site.

Current status: https://keepboardsalive.com/

Annual subs are best for most impact. If you are still undecided on going Ad Free - you can also donate using the Paypal Donate option. All contribution helps. Thank you.

https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.

Why do long threads have to be closed every so often

14-10-2022 02:37PM

#1

[Deleted User]
Posts: 1,557 ✭✭✭

Join Date: -

Posts: 1464

Why do long threads have to be closed every so often then a new one opened? example in the liveline thread . Every ten thousand posts I think?
Just curious

Post edited by Spear on November 2022

0

Comments

#2 14-10-2022 02:40PM

Spear

Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 26,522 CMod ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: September 2001

Posts: 24031

They don't.
The old 10,000 post limit was due to performance bottleneck in vbulletin. Vanilla doesn't have that problem, pretty much the only thing it does better than vbulletin.

7
#3 14-10-2022 02:44PM

Sarn

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,153 ✭✭✭

Join Date: February 2003

Posts: 3109

As above, the Liveline thread is currently on 80.5 k posts.

0
#4 14-10-2022 02:44PM

[Deleted User]
Posts: 1,557 ✭✭✭

Join Date: -

Posts: 1464

Ok thanks often wondered.

0