It seems to me that once a thread hits page 2, the likelihood it will be seen or read by most is sharply diminished.
I would hazard to guess it only gets worse the farther down it goes.
I definitely think anything past page 10 is never going to be seen again, except by a quirky forum archaeologist.
So this seems like a bit of a problem!
Ideally people should not need to bump their threads. If there is still interest in a topic, the thread should remain visible, no?
I think subforums that get a lot of traffic should be subdivided. More subforums means more first pages.
But there are already so many subforums! What a mess!
The less frequented subforums could likewise be consolidated.
Some subforums have months old threads on the first page!
I can only speak from my personal experience, but it is this: Existing Game Content, Game Content Suggestions, Treasure Hunter and Solomon's General Store subforums all get a lot of traffic.
A new thread posted in one of these subforums is quite likely to be on page 2 within the week if it doesn't catch on.
Specifically looking at the first two, I think they should be redivided into the following:
RS3 Item Suggestions
RS3 Quest Suggestions
RS3 Technical Suggestions
RS3 Graphical Suggestions
RS3 Overrides Suggestions
Just some ideas.
The names could probably use some work.
I think it's a good idea to include RS3 in the subforum name, since a lot of OSRS suggestions wind up in these subforums by mistake.
One more thing, I think pinned threads are obviously important but some subforums have way too many. It takes up nearly the whole first page! It would be far better to have one pinned thread which links to the others, in my opinion.
04-Jan-2021 20:29:21