Question for mods and long time DUers

[Green_Lantern]

Why are some OPs archived?

Even newer topics are archived yet some aren't.

[Kali]

1. in the same forum?

because I noticed during searches that posts in fast moving forums get archived quickly (maybe a function of what page it gets to???)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. It depends on the forum ...

Some forums have a lot of topics, and there's a lot of conversations. The more topics that get posted, the faster they get archived.

There's just so much room for active topics, and when that space is used up, into the archives they go...

I've seen topics archived after only 2 or 3 days. Some quieter forums, the topics are active for literally years...

So, it depends.

[Kali]

3. jinx!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. LOL!

[Kaleva]

5. A well written and informative answer.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thanks, my dear Kaleva...

I've been here a while, and I've observed how these things work...

DU fascinates me!

[Kaleva]

10. I love DU!

It's people like you and so many others who make this place worth coming to every day I can!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Aw, what a nice thing to say...

[Chan790]

13. and you're a former mod.

You conveniently fail to mention you've seen the hottub and the other side of the blue steel door. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear Chan790!

Hey...what happens in the mod forum......stays in the mod forum! And that includes the mod tub and the other side of the blue steel door, lol!

:rofl:

[Green_Lantern]

7. Is it mainly a single topic wth dual posts?

For example two topics about Sarah Palin shooting wolves can be carved down to one post.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Sometimes those will be combined into one thread.

But I don't think that has anything to do with how soon they get archived. In fact, doing that kind of combining might well prolong the life of the thread, since it becomes a lot bigger which might well bring it more attention and more posts.

Greater amounts of conversation will prolong the life of a thread.

[cleveramerican]

9. all the mysteries of the mods have not yet been revealed to me

[krispos42]

12. Every forum has 20 actives pages of 80 topics each.

So that's 1600 active topics. Once a topic reaches #1601 on the list, it's archived. In GD, that can happen really fast. Usually it seems to take 2-3 days, but during the elections in 2008 I think it was less than 4 hours from top of page 1 to bottom of page 20.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. wow. impressive.