When is existing topic not considered one
By Strovek
@Strovek (868)
Malaysia
October 28, 2010 3:29am CST
I was reading through the Dos and Donts for MyLot. One of the things mentioned was to check for existing topic before starting a new one. How old should a topic be before it is considered obsolete and is safe to start a new one?
I noticed many members do not really check and start many discussion that are similar in nature.
Just curious.....
1 response
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
28 Oct 10
As per the guidelines themselves it does say that no one discussion is ever closed and that members are free to discuss it at anytime. I have seen discussions that were 3 or 4 years old which were recently responded to and I suppose it depends on the discussion as someone who was expressing a real life issue 4 years ago may be doing well and the issue resolved. So I see your point as to when do we determine it to be obsolete.
@Strovek (868)
• Malaysia
28 Oct 10
I was really curious of this since the person who started the original discussion may no longer be interested.
At the same time, I do see some repeated discussion but with some minor variations. If no duplication is allowed, soon there won't be much to discuss!
