Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20180113074856/@comment-27306930-20180114033712

I realize they get paid exactly zero for their efforts, and it's a thankless job. So t hank you Pedro. Thank you Jet. I do in fact appreciate what you do. Honestly and sincerely.

But it seems to me that if users have meaningful contributions to make on open threads, they shouldn't be chastised because they weren't paying attention to the date of the last post. If a user is adding content in a meaningful way, then the thread should stay open for responses.

From their perspective, they posted on an open thread with valid content. Who's fault was it that the thread was still open ? Theirs ?

Lookit, I totally understand when a user responds "Cool" to a two year old thread. I get it. But there are numerous examples of wiki members adding information, or asking perfectly valid questions about topics that are six months, or a year old. And we smacked their hands and chased them away.

I guess what I'm asking is, is it necessary to be so draconian when it's clear members are attempting to add to the conversation, and provide additional information, or otherwise engage the NIC and our little forum in a meaningful way ?