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Why doesn't DP clean up alittle?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by mybluehair, Jun 6, 2008.

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    So I was thinking that since DP's servers have so many problems keeping up with everything here on DP, why dont the mods clean up some of these useless old threads? like in general chat, there are 1,000 pages. why not delete the oldest 500 pages? thats what I do with my forum.
     
    mybluehair, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  2. LeoSeo

    LeoSeo Well-Known Member

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    Oldest 500 wouldn't be an appropriate filtering, there'd be too much loss of archive.
     
    LeoSeo, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  3. ContentKing2008

    ContentKing2008 Guest

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    Yeh, you would be surprised how helpful the old threats are with the search too. Saves alot of new threads being opened.
     
    ContentKing2008, Jun 7, 2008 IP
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    soniqhost.com Notable Member

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    I believe old threads help bring in more traffic since they are already indexed in google and other search engines.
     
    soniqhost.com, Jun 7, 2008 IP
  5. WestBoy

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    I second that.
     
    WestBoy, Jun 7, 2008 IP
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    Plus if they delete threads.. people will end up losing their posts too.
     
    _123_, Jun 7, 2008 IP
  7. Emie.

    Emie. Banned

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    #7
    Deleting five hundred pages is more than cleaning up a little.
     
    Emie., Jun 7, 2008 IP
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    for_si2003 Banned

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    DP would like to upgrade the server rather than deleting the pages.
     
    for_si2003, Jun 7, 2008 IP
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    Deleting old threads is not the way to do anything - that only removes important information.

    Server upgrade is probably the way forward.
     
    Comspec, Jun 7, 2008 IP
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    leandar Well-Known Member

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    #10
    this is dumbass thread data is asset of the website that will give cash , this question never asked by a webmaster
     
    leandar, Jun 7, 2008 IP
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    tokyoice Well-Known Member

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    You say you delete old posts on your forums? why? when it comes to selling the site, people want a forum with a lot of content, not deleted!
     
    tokyoice, Jun 7, 2008 IP
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    I agree. It should be deleted. It is not like dp will be sold
     
    AliZn, Jun 7, 2008 IP
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    #13
    I guess the older posts are better index and lots of traffic to this forum, a fact that you can ignore.

    Can Shawn has traffic and revenu ?
     
    ProDom, Jun 7, 2008 IP
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    Spider-Man Banned

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    #14
    The majority of posts here are utter crap and deserve to be deleted anyway - just like this one.
     
    Spider-Man, Jun 7, 2008 IP
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    ProDom Peon

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    Umm, yeah. Maybe DP could make a knowledgebase of technical posts and point all duplicate threads to that single article. That would be better.
     
    ProDom, Jun 7, 2008 IP
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    Seqqa Well-Known Member

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    The problem being they need to share the SQL loads between more servers.
     
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    twistedspikes Notable Member

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    Why delete threads unless they break the rules in some way?

    More content on any forum is a good thing. More content = more backlinks = beter search engine results.
     
    twistedspikes, Jun 7, 2008 IP
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    chtdatweb Well-Known Member

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    Maybe they should convert the old threads into a wiki pmsl :D:D
     
    chtdatweb, Jun 7, 2008 IP
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    #19
    I agree, there is no reason to delete threads, although I have to admit that it would be nice to see DP squeaky clean again :)
     
    Rajaie, Jun 7, 2008 IP