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Originally posted by sgtclub
I've been gone a couple of hours, why the new thread? Does this mean my post count will be reset AGAIN?
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No your post count is not reset. The last time something happened to the thread it was by accident and it was deleted. This time it was just locked and a new one started.
If a thread grows too big the system has trouble cataloging it for the search engine. It also can cause myriad problems for our server, and future problems when we need to move servers or upgrade.
For the moment we have set the number at 5000 posts. So any time a thread reaches 5k the moderator closes it and starts a new one. You can see this in practice if you look at the fashion board.
The original threads remain, they are simply locked. You can read them at any point. If 30 days pass however you need to go to the main page for the thread you want to view and click on the option to look at older threads.
