Have you noticed how the more you post on this (or any) forum, the more familiar you become with the details of the landscape of the forum and the more the forum seems a smaller place.

Ages ago I remember when the general section seemed so many miles and uncharted undiscovered topics away from the web design forum - miles and miles of scrollbar, sometimes you even needed a camel to cross the desert.

Now it's like one short run of topics I know the order of, even what the most likely content of the recent spam will be, etc.

It's an interesting mathematical concept - the more you post, the smaller it gets.

If you use the New Posts link, nothing is more than a click away

i know what you are saying as ive experienced that before on forums ive been a frequent flyer on or run and administered.
everything changes but stays the same

I have never looked at the older posts, franky because bumping useless posts is waste.

but you only bump them if you add on to it.
and you might have something useful to say

Originally Posted by Decaf

I have never looked at the older posts, franky because bumping useless posts is waste.

I found a thread, buried among about 2000, on this site, which PRECISELY gave away the method I use to make legit, foolproof, permanent-profit, recession-proof money (that which I metaphorically refer to as my "tardis").

I didn't bump it (and you'll never find it, hard as you may try, but the mods can easily, since I gave its author rep points) but it defies your theory that old posts are a waste. Anyone who does find that one will get rich - because I ain't spellin it out for anyone, that's for sure. Instead I replied to one (also very old) which was interesting and potentially profitable but only depending on a wide variety of circs beyond my control.

Also, old posts are part of the page trail through which users enter the site. One way I also browse this site is to view the "what people are reading" page (i forget the actual name) - and then I go and read what they're reading. It's fun. People are reading so much stuff round the clock here, and you'd never pick that stuff out yourself - you get inspired seeing what others are doing.

But I wasn't talking about that, nor was Chris I don't suspect - the "new posts" link (common on all forums) is the main way a lot of people browse a forum - watching new posts as they arise and reading/writing to all the latest, live, current stuff.

It's definitely the more sensible way to read forums! I never manage to get into the habit. I'm a hierarchy-browser, that's me. I was born to use yahoo, clearly (but strangely never did!).

bytheway, mofodog is the coolest username I've ever seen, ever.

i have to agree with that, but the more visits in this site, the more it will increase its ranking..

Originally Posted by jv17

i have to agree with that, but the more visits in this site, the more it will increase its ranking..

ERMMM?? Did you actually read the thread?

yep you're right haha and now I own the title for being soo wicked

@witness: { Replying to an old post is bumping, and simply a waste of time/resources. Reading old posts is yes a great way to learn techniques. Besides about 1/2 (?) of the bumped threads are just by spammers/bots designed to spread there "awesome" site around the interwebs.

Then we have the people who don't read when the post was actually written, which can either be an honest mistake or an action of link dropping.
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Sorry, I have a horrible tendency of editing posts over and over again to correct the grammar and to get my entire thought out. But when I write a paper this "problem" goes away.
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familiarizing ourselves to a particular board gives us the eagerness to look for new and more features.