>> We are dropping off threads less than 1.5 months old!

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Which is a good thing. The activity level of this forum is such that you have to be limited to 3 pages otherwise it would throw off the fairness factor with other forums that have a lot of threads but not a great a number of responses to those threads. It would be like stacking the deck in your favor over all the other forums. Additionally, the more active a forum is the more posts and threads are generated. The more posts and threads sitting there on the Active Pages, the more bogged down the servers get when people access the forums. The slower the forums moved, the more upset people become. Limits have to be set. Speed posting forums get 3 pages. Medium to slow forums get 4 or 5 or 6 pages. Forums are re-evaluated on a regular basis to decide if the number of active pages needs to be altered or not.



Actually you should know that 1.5 months worth of posts on 3 pages is about average for active forums, but some forums far outstrip even that. For example, ball pythons or boas can typically go through 4 pages covering a 14-day period. The main boa forum has 4 pages going back to April 1st and BPs has 4 pages going back to March 30. Sometimes I've seen bp's generate 7 pages in less than a week.



Most new comers are not going to sit and read 1.5 months worth of posts. They are gonna skim a few topics on page 1 and not even bother going to page 2 or 3 or what have ya.
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