@moderators
Can I ask for whose benefit you have started merging topics across these forums? I cannot find a sticky about this or anything.
Some threads I had been following with interest are now parts of megathreads with 1000+ entries where I don’t care about 90 % of the replies I get notifications about. Just wanted to mention this.
It’s to everyone’s benefit to not clog up the forums with multiple posts about the same topic. And they didn’t just start doing it; it’s been happening since launch.
Please refer to this section of the forum Code of Conduct:
Creating Duplicate Threads
Forums can be a great platform for open discussions, and we want all the people interested in a topic to be able to engage with it in a meaningful way. One way to facilitate this is to use the search feature before creating a new thread. You can imagine what would happen to the forums if everyone created their own thread for every popular topic.
If all comments about a particular issue are in one place, it makes it much easier for us to collate and act on any feedback. Creating multiple threads on the same topic does not make it more likely that your post will be seen, it does make it more likely you will irritate and confuse your fellow forum users. If a user creates multiple threads with the intention of drawing attention away from other threads, disciplinary action will be taken.
This general rule also applies to abuse of formatting options, or any other manner of attempt to artificially draw attention to any post.