Updating topics

[spectrumranch]

Why do people post a topic- asking questions, then when they comeback with an update a week or two later they start a new thread??????????

Why not just go back to the orgininal thread and post the update on there?

For me--- if I did not see the orginal post..... then I do not know the back ground OR even if I read the orginal thread then I need to go find it again if I don't remember all the details.

IS IT that hard for the original poster to scoll down and find the topic they started!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

In really active forums it can be. However, you can get a list of all the topics you have created pretty easily.
My pet peeve is when people post updates by editing their message rather than adding a new post to the end. In a very few threads it seems to be done well, with the topic changed to indicate new information on post #1.

But as someone following a thread, I don't go back and re-read the pages--I start from the posts I haven't read.

 

[Morgan7782]

The one thing I have issues with is when people post What Gender Is This? And then they never update! LoL I am always DYING of curiosity if I guessed correctly or not! So for those who have What Gender? posts, please update when you find out for sure!