What's up I was just browsing the forums and I realized how many repeat threads are posted and I had an idea, when you first join gc forums there should be some instruction process you have to go though so people realize theres a search bar and they should use it.
The pratical application of this idea would be an automated welcome message from an administrator to the new User outlining the most popular Threads and instructing him/her that they might want to take a look at them before posting their own.
Or just show a 'lil patience and tolerence toward the OP, especially if new. Some may have different ideas or stml and forgot what was said in the previous posts. Some may have changed their opinion. Some just may want current "real time" conversations. My favorite part of this site is posting with friends, old and new. Not much interested in what was posted days, weeks and somtimes years ago. Not much interested in posting in a thread in the really high post count unless it's like an on-going game. If a thread bothers you by being a duplicate, don't hate or rush to point to search engines. Maybe another Blade or Bladie wants to answer the OP.
IMO the search bar sucks, i never get anything related to what i searched, and on another note people who use the search bar and post in an old thread tend to get bitched at by other blades for "posting in a 1 month old thread" ...etc.. if i am wrong...someone please tell me how it really is edit: i just found an example of what i was talking about http://forum.grasscity.com/general-feedback/86956-would-you-pay-grasscity-2.html#post8041751 post 28
Well, that thread was from 2006. It's not relevant now since we do have paid memberships so the topic might confuse those who fail to look at post dates and miss that it's a 4 year old thread. If people are getting bitched out for posting in a thread that's a month old, then they need to be reported so they can be asked to chill over trivial things. That's just silliness.