Originally Posted by
Andy_S
How many 737 Max threads do we need? There seem to be three running simultaneously right now.....
So during the VW Dieselgate scandal, the diesel VW owners forum had this same problem. They ended up with a good solution.
The mods allowed 2 final threads: one consisted almost only of discreet news links in the first post, organized in a timeline of the unfolding scandal, with no duplication of stories, and links to highly specific topical threads, included in their relevant order. Anyone could post links to new reports with information that furthered the understanding of events, and their resolution, but the posts were periodically deleted by the mod, after adding to the OP.
A single second thread was periodically unlocked to allow discussion of the new events, and strictly re-locked as soon as it got stale.
All other threads were disallowed.
The mods here almost got to that point, but they created a thread of threads, not of facts in a timeline format. Close, but includes too much subjective discussion and does not really provide the newcomer with an easy to understand timeline to walk them through the story over time.
A lot of work up front to create the organization, but maybe less work in the long run playing thread whack a mole, but trying to allow new relevant threads to live for a while, tacitly encouraging new threads.
Just a thought.