Midnite.....I was KIDDING! There really IS a limit to the number of posts you can put on a single thread?!!
There's no limit to the number of posts that can put in a single thread. Threads can actually go on for pages and pages if you people come up with things to post in them. But as Midnite has said, there's a limit of 10 posts per 24 hours. The actual beginning and end of the period varies depending on the time zone. For instance, in EDT, the period runs from 8p.m to 8p.m. the next day. In CDT, the period runs from 7p.m. to 7p.m. the next day. And so on with the other time periods.
There are a few reasons why this feature is built in to the forum's system, but the most helpful side benefit for Midnite and myself is that it allows the forum to stay a bit more manageable for us at the moment.
Believe it or not, the forum averages more than 100 posts a day (there were 136 on April 25th). Midnite basically reads each and every post every day, answers e-mails, IMs and the occasional question directed at her on the forum, and deals with the occasional crisis - both on the forum and behind its scenes. I've given up on trying to keep up with all the posts and have focused on trying to answer the more technical questions that come my way in e-mail, IM and on the forum, while I'm also putting together the daily montages and Robservations captures, and dealing with many behind the scenes things, like twice daily forum backups, managing new member's files, keeping apprised of YaBB modification releases (there are more than 100 mods that I have yet to open to see if I think any of them might be something we might be interested in installing here), and adding my own tweaks to hopefully improve the way the forum's system runs for us.
Now, don't get me wrong, what Midnite and I do here is definitely a labor of love for both of us. And quite honestly, we're very grateful the forum has such enthusiastic members, and we're especially grateful that all of you have made this the most successful forum we've ever worked on. But we no longer have the luxury of VantageNet or eboards4all to run to with our problems.
Everything on dsboards is our responsibilty, and I'm not ashamed to admit that sometimes it's a little daunting, which is why we're trying to keep things as manageable as we can until such time as we might find a third (and possibly fourth) person to help us out, mostly with some of the behind the scenes work.
Hmmm...by any chance would any of you know someone who loves DS, has at least a working knowledge of HTML, Java and Perl (more than a working knowledge would be a major plus), is willing to devote themselves to a project simply for the sheer enjoyment it brings them, and most importantly, lives on the East or West coast so they can be handling tasks at times when Midnite and I are respectively dealing with a small matter like our real lives?
If so, tell them to send phone numbers and resumes to
webmaster@dsboards.com, and they too can enter the rewarding field of DSIT (Dark Shadows Internet Technology)!
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