Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 10788039)

I'm on a giant hockey forum that runs on vBulletin (HFBoards), and they actually lock threads at 1k posts. That would be insane here, but it shows that even much bigger boards have the same issues we do.

Originally Posted by Predarat (Post 10788307)

Can anyone direct me to the downtime facebook site?

Originally Posted by AustinChief (Post 10778955)

I deleted it, I'm testing something, hold your horses.

Originally Posted by AustinChief (Post 10778053)

Just a heads up. MEGA threads slow the board down immensely. I just closed a few that were causing issues. So if anyone wants to, they need to be created as new threads. I will likely be closing down ANY thread that gets in the 3000+ post range as we get closer to the season so if you see a thread that is getting too big, start a new one and PM Bob Dole to close the old one.

Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 10788058)

They must have like 500 mods with the number of forums and the way they micromanage.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 10788039)

Yeah, that's the gist of it. When you open a thread, it has to parse through the ID's of all posts in the thread first, then hone in on the page you want to be on. Because of that, the bigger a thread gets, the more of a problem it is. In addition, a big thread that only gets opened now and then isn't a big deal, but a big thread that is really active can cause major slowdowns (since it's constantly having to re-parse the thread).

I'm on a giant hockey forum that runs on vBulletin (HFBoards), and they actually lock threads at 1k posts. That would be insane here, but it shows that even much bigger boards have the same issues we do.

Originally Posted by suzzer99 (Post 10789916)

twoplustwo.com has tons of mega-threads and they've never had this problem. I wonder what they're doing differently?