Opening posts being repeated

Kennine replied on 26/12/2016 11:05

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Posted on 26/12/2016 11:05

There may be a CC reason for this, but IMO there is a lot of space on the forum wasted on pages by repeating and repeating the Opening Post at the top of each subsequent page.

After all if somebody wants to refer to the opening post, it is only a one second job to go to the beginning of the Thread.

At a time when the forum management only allow thumbnails instead of proper photographs to be posted to save storage space on the system, they waste space on repeating the same post ad infinitum on each page of the thread.

Cheers ........................K

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dmiller555 replied on 27/12/2016 15:46

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Posted on 27/12/2016 15:46

I'm happy to see the OP at the top of each page but much less happy when I hit the "Like" button and get tossed back to page one of the thread. Dog's Dinner comes to mind. :-(

Navigateur replied on 27/12/2016 17:20

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Posted on 26/12/2016 19:42 by Quasar524

Repeating or not repeating the OP makes no difference to storage requirements, in terms of disc space on the web sever, the post is only stored once in the relevant database. The only cost is a small amount of processing overhead retrieving it for display on each new page.

Posted on 27/12/2016 17:20

It does however make a huge difference to the users, for whom the forum is allegedly provided. Repeating the first post with every subsequent page require more data to be sent, and on mobile devices most users have to pay to receive this.

Also wasteful is the initial listing of posts where six lines are used when one will suffice, and every single burp and fart on the thread gets a six line mention when a single line about a new post is all that is needed. Who is interested in which users "likes" which post? Only those brought up on Facebook is my guess.

So to conserve my data allowance I'm not visiting the forum from mobile devices any more to save money. (their loss). And anyway, after a few pages the original topic has moved on. That is how humans discuss in normal social interaction. Are we being lined up for a squad of new moderators to remove posts that 98 pages and five years later are "off topic" for the original post?

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Kennine replied on 29/12/2016 15:52

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Posted on 27/12/2016 17:20 by Navigateur

It does however make a huge difference to the users, for whom the forum is allegedly provided. Repeating the first post with every subsequent page require more data to be sent, and on mobile devices most users have to pay to receive this.

Also wasteful is the initial listing of posts where six lines are used when one will suffice, and every single burp and fart on the thread gets a six line mention when a single line about a new post is all that is needed. Who is interested in which users "likes" which post? Only those brought up on Facebook is my guess.

So to conserve my data allowance I'm not visiting the forum from mobile devices any more to save money. (their loss). And anyway, after a few pages the original topic has moved on. That is how humans discuss in normal social interaction. Are we being lined up for a squad of new moderators to remove posts that 98 pages and five years later are "off topic" for the original post?

Posted on 29/12/2016 15:52

A very accurate and well thought out post -- Well said.!!!

Cheers.....................K