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The Three Month Rule

Three Month Rule Rules!!!

18% (6)

Throw it out completely. It sucks.

36% (12)

Make exceptions for "famous" and well-loved threads.

30% (10)

The time period should be longer.

9% (3)

The time period should be shorter

6% (2)

Total Votes : 33

(last vote on : 10/8/2012 7:15:09 PM)
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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 8:30:35 AM

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I know, Chrissy, the knitting & crocheting thread is the same!

. Which is why we begin new threads!

I like the Famous Forum for the taptap and other classics.

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 8:54:54 AM

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What is this famous forum of which you speak?

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 10:01:53 AM

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Ah, one of my Suggestions That Will Never Be... a forum for popular stuff like the tit thread, taptap, that sort of thi ng. I also want the DUMP for all threads whining ab out pro doms, fakes, and why chicks don't write back.

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 10:09:11 AM

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I think the powers that be should pick whatever time frame works for them and then lock the thread, as it would be more energy efficient. Expecting everybody on here to *read* the rules and then *uphold* the rules is just an exercise in futility.

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 11:04:23 AM

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i voted to keep the fucker. my reasoning is that we want new threads, we want new people to post shit from their perspective. if you want to reply to something in specific on an old thread, just quote the post, include the link, and state your fucking case.

if anybody doesn't know how to do that, here are the steps.
1. click on new post, a window opens. enter the title. do nothing else yet.
2. go to the thread you want to reply to and find the particular post.
3. click on quote. a window opens. click anywhere in that window & hit CTRL+A, then CTRL+C, and close that window.
4. go to your new thread window, click anywhere in the text area and press CTRL+V. the quoted text from the old window should now be there.
5. go to the old post, and at the bottom of each post there is a place where it says "Post #: <some number>". click on that and a little window opens that has a URL in it. highlight that URL and right-click and click on copy. close that little window.
6. return to your new thread window, click at the end of the quote and right click and click on paste.
7. type in whatever the fuck it is you want to say, and then click ok. and voifucking la! a new thread with the shit you wanted to reply to quoted and attributed, the thread and exact post referenced through a link, and your brilliant new insights there for all to see.

see folks, like most shit in life, it really is that fucking simple.

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 11:15:59 AM

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ORIGINAL: xxblushesxx
So my question is: Is the three month rule a good thing across the board, not at all, or only in most circumstances with some exceptions being allowed?

well,.. i didnt even know there was a 3 (or 6) month rule.. is that 3/6 months from the start of the thread or from the last post on it?

If its from the last post, then bumping it before it hits that deadline would work, i am guessing.

other than that, a new thread with reference and link to the old one should also work, shouldnt it?

I dont really have any opinion tho (so didnt vote) since i have not tried to revive old threads, i just tend to post on whats going thru that i find interesting..

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 11:17:18 AM

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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus

Ah, one of my Suggestions That Will Never Be... a forum for popular stuff like the tit thread, taptap, that sort of thi ng. I also want the DUMP for all threads whining ab out pro doms, fakes, and why chicks don't write back.

What an awesome idea! I guess it would be quite a bit of work though. *sigh*

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 12:06:47 PM

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Too bad that the title of a thread can't turn red after a certain time. Then, if you did read something that brought one back from the dead, you would know it right off the bat.

Some of the threads that have been brought back, I have enjoyed because I missed them the first time around. Some I have rolled my eyes and been glad when the mods locked them.

My vote is "I am glad I don't have to make the decision"!

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 12:33:39 PM

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Too bad that the title of a thread can't turn red after a certain time. Then, if you did read something that brought one back from the dead, you would know it right off the bat.

Cool idea!

It's been 10 years since I programmed - now I manage programmers - but auto lock after X months and/or color change after X months seems like a simple bit of code.

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 12:45:24 PM

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ORIGINAL: JstAnotherSub

Too bad that the title of a thread can't turn red after a certain time. Then, if you did read something that brought one back from the dead, you would know it right off the bat.

Some of the threads that have been brought back, I have enjoyed because I missed them the first time around. Some I have rolled my eyes and been glad when the mods locked them.

My vote is "I am glad I don't have to make the decision"!

You know, that's really quite a lovely idea. I like that a lot. Should only be about 15-20 minutes of looking around for the code for that, and another 10-15 to put it into effect, I would think. :)

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 1:26:03 PM

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ORIGINAL: xxblushesxx

I received a pretty gold letter a week or so ago because I bumped the "My Domme Thinks She is SuperWoman" thread. Basically I was told to cease and desist because it was over three months old.
That's fine for most threads and I do understand the reasoning behind it...to a point.
But then we're missing out on those incredible oldies but goodies like the one referenced above, Tap Tap Tap, and This is Elsewhere.

Perhaps writing to VideoAdminAlpha personally and asking for an exception if it is warranted would be the prudent thing to do. Alpha has the authority to grant an exception if it is appropriate.

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 2:19:52 PM

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Ok. But I was still interested in the question.

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 4:30:30 PM

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You don't have to bump a necro thread. You can just link to it and say something new. That's the preferred option.

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 6:37:15 PM

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i want to suggest an exception to the 3-month rule for the switch forum. i was just in there and i noticed that many of the threads there have 1, 2, 4, even 6 months between posts as a regular thing, and that would be considered as an active thread in that forum.. that place is so moribund that strictly enforcing the 3 month rule in there would just fucking kill it off altogether - not that i think it really needs to exist, it is pretty much a useless forum.

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/22/2011 7:38:13 PM

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One time, eons ago, I was really bored one evening. Out of my mind bored. So I went back to the oldest threads in what was then Random Stupidity and began posting on them. One of the threads, if I recall, was about what to see in Connecticut. Interesting this was, these "dead" threads garnered quite a number of replies--meaning that, necro or not, they were of interest to current posters. Well, I got a golden note asking me to stop bumping old threads, and I think all the new posts were deleted.

Okay, the owner's site, the owner's rules. Fair enough. But I honestly don't see what the harm was in letting people post on threads that interested them. So what if the trip happened years ago? Other people, newer people, found the topic engaging, and perhaps they could use the info.

And I still haven't gotten to Mark Twain's house in Hartford.

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/24/2011 9:24:05 AM

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I voted to throw it out completely because it's not consistent.
The "tap, tap, tap" thread is revived annually for Ron's b'day with no consequences. I say if you're going to make that rule then it should be across the board.
On the flip side you can't bash someone for starting a new thread then direct them to an old thread if they can't revive it.

**Eta who's to say what is "famous & well loved" for the option"Make exceptions for "famous" and well-loved threads"? Why that specific thread & not another**?

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/24/2011 9:29:51 AM

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i think if people are going to have to rely on search more often, then the search should probably work a little better.
the search, if you've ever used it, isn't the greatest search i've ever seen, and i can totally see how someone may search for a topic, not find it, start a thread, only to be told "oh yeah, there was already a thread like this."

i don't totally have a problem with necro threads -- i mean, it's totally easy to just post and re-bump the threads you want to be at the top. an OP might be 500 years old, but the subsequent posts might veer off to another topic altogether that might be interesting. though i guess you could just make a new thread... i dunno.

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/24/2011 9:33:28 AM

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Some people post about asking advise specific to their situation...Ex "My Dom said to do this, what do I do............." type of post. That kind of thread I wouldn't revive after x amt of time because chances are good that the poster either disappeared from CM or has solved their problem.

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/24/2011 10:42:14 AM

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Okay, a thread *starter* posted on his own thread, whcih was dead for six months. I replied, he replied to me, and now the thread is pulled.

It's not a loss, but it IS an example of inconsitency.

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RE: The Three Month Rule - 10/24/2011 11:00:58 AM

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I completely disagree, Hib. The bump on the thread had absolutely NOTHING to do with the original post. It was not an update. It was an old thread dredged up so that the OP could complain that dominant women who were not interested in him because he was too far away and he wanted them to change their standards because he could travel.

It's cases like that which make the three month rule the better option. Otherwise, all you have is a bunch of folks pulling back up threads they started months ago so they can add something to it which doesn't have crap to do with their original post. It's like saying I should pull up one of my posts from years ago just to mention that I like chocolate ice cream.

PS. How do you know the thread was pulled, rather than the thread being sent back to the chronological order in which the original thread was started?

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