Closing of threads with 1000+ replies

***Jonathan*** · 07-13-2006, 04:24 PM

What is the reason why the mods have to close a thread once it hits a 1000 posts?

Ben explained it a while back. IIRC it was something along the lines that once a thread reaches 1000 replies, the thread suddenly requires a lot more space on the server and it saves space to post in a new thread than to continue beyond 1000 replies.

If so, then why is this? What is the mechanism behind it? It seems so strange to me. Have the admins or mods checked if the problem that comes with having 1000+ threads still remains? I dno, maybe it's gone

If anyone can shed some light on this I'll be grateful, because I'm very curious

Insidious Rex · 07-13-2006, 04:34 PM

Yes it does seem counter intuitive. Having 18 tea cup threads scattered over different parts of the drive would seem to require more over all space then one with 18,000 posts in it. But I think the issue isnt space so much as it is the ability to maintain a single gigantic thread. Requires the processor to work harder and harder as it grows and can lead to crashes. Although just 1000 posts seems a bit anemic to me from a technical aspect. Some threads are just getting warmed up by then.

Im no tech expert though. Ill let Ben give a more descriptive answer.

Butterbeer · 07-13-2006, 04:37 PM

... maybe you will wait long ...

***Ben*** · 07-21-2006, 01:14 AM

Yeah it's not so much the space issue, but that it's very server-intensive. What happened was that having, for instance, the 10,000-reply Teacup Cafe opened so many times overloaded the server. The whole board was crashing, and I was told by the web host that all threads over 1000 replies needed to be reduced or deleted. I'm sure it's something of an arbitrary number, but it still keeps the server load manageable.

hectorberlioz · 07-22-2006, 12:27 PM

Hmmm...very interesting. I thought it had something to do with Modding being more manageable. And I was going to suggest, before I read Ben's post, that the Teacup threads perhaps could be/have been an exception, and allowed to extend to 2,000 posts instead of One Thousand. but...alas.

***Jonathan*** · 07-23-2006, 11:03 AM

Thanks for the reply Ben.

07-13-2006, 04:24 PM	#1
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Closing of threads with 1000+ replies What is the reason why the mods have to close a thread once it hits a 1000 posts? Ben explained it a while back. IIRC it was something along the lines that once a thread reaches 1000 replies, the thread suddenly requires a lot more space on the server and it saves space to post in a new thread than to continue beyond 1000 replies. If so, then why is this? What is the mechanism behind it? It seems so strange to me. Have the admins or mods checked if the problem that comes with having 1000+ threads still remains? I dno, maybe it's gone If anyone can shed some light on this I'll be grateful, because I'm very curious __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

07-13-2006, 04:34 PM	#2
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	Yes it does seem counter intuitive. Having 18 tea cup threads scattered over different parts of the drive would seem to require more over all space then one with 18,000 posts in it. But I think the issue isnt space so much as it is the ability to maintain a single gigantic thread. Requires the processor to work harder and harder as it grows and can lead to crashes. Although just 1000 posts seems a bit anemic to me from a technical aspect. Some threads are just getting warmed up by then. Im no tech expert though. Ill let Ben give a more descriptive answer. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

07-21-2006, 01:14 AM	#4
*Ben* Retired Ent Join Date: Sep 1999 Posts: 60,631	Yeah it's not so much the space issue, but that it's very server-intensive. What happened was that having, for instance, the 10,000-reply Teacup Cafe opened so many times overloaded the server. The whole board was crashing, and I was told by the web host that all threads over 1000 replies needed to be reduced or deleted. I'm sure it's something of an arbitrary number, but it still keeps the server load manageable. __________________ ---Ben formerly known in the forums as bmilder Owner of The Tolkien Trail and Entmoot. Buy Entmoot shirts and mugs!

07-22-2006, 12:27 PM	#5
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Hmmm...very interesting. I thought it had something to do with Modding being more manageable. And I was going to suggest, before I read Ben's post, that the Teacup threads perhaps could be/have been an exception, and allowed to extend to 2,000 posts instead of One Thousand. but...alas. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

07-23-2006, 11:03 AM	#6
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Thanks for the reply Ben. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

07-13-2006, 04:37 PM	#3
Butterbeer Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: here and there Posts: 3,514	... maybe you will wait long ...

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