Why mega threads always be kept open

[Samlucky O]

I do not see anywhere on this forum that says there is limitations on any page. Talking about ending the page does not mean anything to me. Sofer the conversation is still active and interesting, it can continue. What I discovered is that sometimes the thread is not only a topic of discussion but people find another thread in a particular thread. That is to tell you that you can generate more discussions in an ongoing discussion. And that is what makes some thread so long. If there is any need to lock thread I believe it will be the OP initiative.

[Nerdy doctor]

I would say a lot of people try to spam by creating threads asking a question that has been already asked and can be easily found if the OP would go out of his way to use the search button. After opening such a thread, they wouldn’t be bothered to reply/ engage with other members who are only too happy to give their opinions/answers on the thread.
The topic won’t be locked cause the OP has long  moved on and likely busy opening another spammy thread, again asking questions that have been asked a thousand times.
Some mega threads on the gambling board aren’t actually spammy as the discussions on sports would be ongoing as games are being played.

Some members have already pointed out that this topic isn’t actually gambling related. 

[CryptSafe]

OP, I think mega threads are meant to be like that because from my little observations, it does not necessarily means that some of.the conversations on such thread as invalid. In most cases, some words or quoted and the replies are based on the quoted comments or replies which keeps prolonging and some of those quotes might not be inline with the sole purpose of the thread but people are reading it and quoting it and it keeps extending and so on and so forth.

Another thing about some threads is that most people think the purpose of the thread has been served, but most of the time there are others who might not have the time to read through the whole page to find the answer to their question.

They can just come to a similar thread, drop their questions, and others can answer them based on what they understand, and from there, the conversation will still continue.
 
A lot of threads with 10 pages or more might appear to have repeated comments and opinions, but if you look deep down, you can still find some meaningful feedback from members who were unable to share their thoughts the first time the thread was created.

It is true that most people would not bother themselves reading comments of others to see if the comment would answer their question but they just  ignore and ask their question at the last page for others to reply them and when that happens, you see that the thread keeps extending and sometimes same question repeats itself over and over again. I have observed such and accounts that mostly does that are newbie account. They do not take their to read through but rather they jump to the last page of the thread to ask question which someone must have possibly asked and got a response from the beginning of the thread.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Mega threads kept open for long time, in this gambling discussion and the main gambling section I do see a thread that from the first to ten pages all the discussion answers has been given but that thread continues moving whereas all the questions been asked in the thread majority has answered it, why mega thread in gambling section, when you calm down and read some of the trading style or method you can see that some points made us is not longer in line with the aim of the thread.

This is exactly what a user was tryna sight on meta and I said alot about it already... The incessant spamming, bursting and derailment of threads (especially mega threads) is becoming very rampant and the insane part is how fast it's growing on other vital threads, around the forum...
I'd say - the people in question (including every other regular alt farmers) have majorly been spamming shit on this board and it's appalling!! But them threads need to stay open cus someone might decide to make any vital update, upgrade or reference to it.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

[Oilacris]

OP, I think mega threads are meant to be like that because from my little observations, it does not necessarily means that some of.the conversations on such thread as invalid. In most cases, some words or quoted and the replies are based on the quoted comments or replies which keeps prolonging and some of those quotes might not be inline with the sole purpose of the thread but people are reading it and quoting it and it keeps extending and so on and so forth.

Another thing about some threads is that most people think the purpose of the thread has been served, but most of the time there are others who might not have the time to read through the whole page to find the answer to their question.

They can just come to a similar thread, drop their questions, and others can answer them based on what they understand, and from there, the conversation will still continue.
 
A lot of threads with 10 pages or more might appear to have repeated comments and opinions, but if you look deep down, you can still find some meaningful feedback from members who were unable to share their thoughts the first time the thread was created.

It is true that most people would not bother themselves reading comments of others to see if the comment would answer their question but they just  ignore and ask their question at the last page for others to reply them and when that happens, you see that the thread keeps extending and sometimes same question repeats itself over and over again. I have observed such and accounts that mostly does that are newbie account. They do not take their to read through but rather they jump to the last page of the thread to ask question which someone must have possibly asked and got a response from the beginning of the thread.

I would say that it isnt newbies on why these megathread bumps but rather than into those users or forum members who do keep on piling on the same response all over again and again on which it causes for the threading to become a huge one. Somewhat you do have a point that there are some new questions been raised up along the thread on which it isnt really just that limited to
newbies but also into those older members on which it is something correlated to topic as well, with that then it would be molding up with different discussion on the thread
and this is sometimes one of the reason on why topics getting derailed or being that off topic because of these conditions.

[CryptSafe]

OP, I think mega threads are meant to be like that because from my little observations, it does not necessarily means that some of.the conversations on such thread as invalid. In most cases, some words or quoted and the replies are based on the quoted comments or replies which keeps prolonging and some of those quotes might not be inline with the sole purpose of the thread but people are reading it and quoting it and it keeps extending and so on and so forth.

Another thing about some threads is that most people think the purpose of the thread has been served, but most of the time there are others who might not have the time to read through the whole page to find the answer to their question.

They can just come to a similar thread, drop their questions, and others can answer them based on what they understand, and from there, the conversation will still continue.
 
A lot of threads with 10 pages or more might appear to have repeated comments and opinions, but if you look deep down, you can still find some meaningful feedback from members who were unable to share their thoughts the first time the thread was created.

It is true that most people would not bother themselves reading comments of others to see if the comment would answer their question but they just  ignore and ask their question at the last page for others to reply them and when that happens, you see that the thread keeps extending and sometimes same question repeats itself over and over again. I have observed such and accounts that mostly does that are newbie account. They do not take their to read through but rather they jump to the last page of the thread to ask question which someone must have possibly asked and got a response from the beginning of the thread.

I would say that it isnt newbies on why these megathread bumps but rather than into those users or forum members who do keep on piling on the same response all over again and again on which it causes for the threading to become a huge one. Somewhat you do have a point that there are some new questions been raised up along the thread on which it isnt really just that limited to
newbies but also into those older members on which it is something correlated to topic as well, with that then it would be molding up with different discussion on the thread
and this is sometimes one of the reason on why topics getting derailed or being that off topic because of these conditions.

Actually, there are some quotes that might be off topic as well and not related to the real discussion but for the fact that such comment is there, some members would quote it and reply in tandem with the quote which is not inline with the sole purpose of the thread and it seems as though it is off topic but it was actually a quote that resulted to it.  This is amongst the reasons why threads sometimes looks detailed, prolonged and sometimes off topic.

[nara1892]

I would say that it isnt newbies on why these megathread bumps but rather than into those users or forum members who do keep on piling on the same response all over again and again on which it causes for the threading to become a huge one. Somewhat you do have a point that there are some new questions been raised up along the thread on which it isnt really just that limited to
newbies but also into those older members on which it is something correlated to topic as well, with that then it would be molding up with different discussion on the thread
and this is sometimes one of the reason on why topics getting derailed or being that off topic because of these conditions.

Actually, there are some quotes that might be off topic as well and not related to the real discussion but for the fact that such comment is there, some members would quote it and reply in tandem with the quote which is not inline with the sole purpose of the thread and it seems as though it is off topic but it was actually a quote that resulted to it.  This is amongst the reasons why threads sometimes looks detailed, prolonged and sometimes off topic.

This is a discussion forum where it is normal for many people to wander around even just in one thread by posting several times, no problem because this is the purpose of the discussion where we give each other's perspectives on the topic in question or something that is questioned by the OP. And on the other hand as you said and I admit that there are some statements that deviate and are not in line with the topic being discussed but that is what makes others more interested in then quoting people who are not in line which is likely they have not really understood what the other person meant. Actually, the longer the thread lasts, the more important points will be made as well as some possibly very important advice from various people's perspectives that are needed by some people who don't really understand.

[dezoel]

It wont be locked until OP would really be decided on doing so, discussions would really be continuing as long as it would get bumped.
Also, i dont believe that this kind of post do belong here on this board. Maybe Meta?

Also,there are poster who do keep on searching for those threads or topics that already existed specially if they have on the same question.
Instead on making a new thread, they would rather be posting into those threads instead.

Sometimes it will be locked by the moderators too if the topic is already inappropriate and then there are many users who report it. A thread can be bumped but it's not always mean that the discussion will continue. It will still depend on the message being posted there.

I have seen many threads who got bumped and then locked because they are too old already and the bump is only like a spam. This thread we got here now still talks about gambling so I think this is also appropriate to be placed on this section. Yes, it's a must to just search for existing thread rather than creating a new one, so that the load on the forum will get lesser.

[CryptSafe]

I would say that it isnt newbies on why these megathread bumps but rather than into those users or forum members who do keep on piling on the same response all over again and again on which it causes for the threading to become a huge one. Somewhat you do have a point that there are some new questions been raised up along the thread on which it isnt really just that limited to
newbies but also into those older members on which it is something correlated to topic as well, with that then it would be molding up with different discussion on the thread
and this is sometimes one of the reason on why topics getting derailed or being that off topic because of these conditions.

Actually, there are some quotes that might be off topic as well and not related to the real discussion but for the fact that such comment is there, some members would quote it and reply in tandem with the quote which is not inline with the sole purpose of the thread and it seems as though it is off topic but it was actually a quote that resulted to it.  This is amongst the reasons why threads sometimes looks detailed, prolonged and sometimes off topic.

This is a discussion forum where it is normal for many people to wander around even just in one thread by posting several times, no problem because this is the purpose of the discussion where we give each other's perspectives on the topic in question or something that is questioned by the OP. And on the other hand as you said and I admit that there are some statements that deviate and are not in line with the topic being discussed but that is what makes others more interested in then quoting people who are not in line which is likely they have not really understood what the other person meant. Actually, the longer the thread lasts, the more important points will be made as well as some possibly very important advice from various people's perspectives that are needed by some people who don't really understand.

Your point is valid to say, and quoting people here is also very important to call their attention for further discussion, which requires them to either give more explanation to their post so that readers can be able to pick their point  and digress with it or they object to it. However, these are just the reasons amongst why you get to see mega threads but in all, the sole reasons for threads are for discussion and education, which give members the opportunity to learn more added to their knowledge.

I think one of the too numerous reasons for mega thread is mostly as a result of people sharing their experience as to the particular post or maybe somebody trying to illustrate  some particular experience they have had which further attracts more conversations and you know what? most of these experience shared are story to teach a lesson to others who deem it fit learning from and that is another reason why threads keeps rolling over and over.