Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-1251315-20150423195945/@comment-4984687-20150423203409

A discussion could go on with 10 replies, but then when nobody responds for 30 days it is closed. Next thing you know, 2 weeks later another user goes ahead and starts the same topic since they can't reply to the old one.

Another case scenario is someone starts a thread asking for assistance about something in the game. Around half of the Skyrim threads consist of these kinds of threads. They get a couple replies but after 30 days when no one responds the thread is closed. A user comes along and knows the answer, but they can't reply.

A lot of threads can continue going on for years on end with hundreds of replies. Applying a time limit would limit discussion and possibly create duplicate threads. If a thread is resolved, it should be requested to be locked by a forum mod so that the creator of the thread no longer recieves notifications. If in any case we are going to apply this, I'd say put a 6 month limit.