D&D 5E Is it worth making a thread over?

[James Gasik]

I occasionally make threads about things that I'm curious about, or find interesting, but given the sheer volume of threads on there, today I'm curious why there isn't some kind of general purpose thread for questions that might not require a full thread for.

Have you ever had a question that doesn't fit in a particular thread, that you didn't feel was worth a thread of it's own? I've quite a few, myself! Feel free to share!

 

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[MarkB]

The problem is that, no matter how trivial the question, it won't be proof against devolving into a 20-page argument in which the same 2-3 opinions are stated and re-stated in minor variations. So, if you set up a "simple miscellaneous questions" thread, the difficulty will be in picking out the relevant questions and answers amidst the noise.

 

[J.Quondam]

Tbh, I don't worry too much about a topic being worth it. The cost of starting a thread is so low -- basically the same as replying to a post -- that I don't really see it being any more "worth" it to start a one on a "small" topic as on a "big" topic. I know I personally have started threads that only drew a couple responses yet answered my question just fine without 20 pages of input. (And tbh, that's much more helpful than slogging through a thousand posts by a couple dozen commenters arguing past one another on a handful of tangents irrelevant to the OP.)

If a thread gets legs and keeps on going for a several+ pages, great. If it just draws a couple answers then slides off the front page, also great. Either way, the forum is working as intended, afaict.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I occasionally make threads about things that I'm curious about, or find interesting, but given the sheer volume of threads on there, today I'm curious why there isn't some kind of general purpose thread for questions that might not require a full thread for.

Have you ever had a question that doesn't fit in a particular thread, that you didn't feel was worth a thread of it's own? I've quite a few, myself! Feel free to share!

Not creating a separate thread means it'll be harder for people with the answer to find your question, both forum regulars and people searching via Google/DuckDuckGo later on.

 

[Pedantic]

The problem is that, no matter how trivial the question, it won't be proof against devolving into a 20-page argument in which the same 2-3 opinions are stated and re-stated in minor variations. So, if you set up a "simple miscellaneous questions" thread, the difficulty will be in picking out the relevant questions and answers amidst the noise.

I'll start the process: Threads are like classes, in general it's better to have more of them to more accurately reflect a variety of questions than to try and shoehorn more into less.

 

[Rabulias]

Not creating a separate thread means it'll be harder for people with the answer to find your question, both forum regulars and people searching via Google/DuckDuckGo later on.

Additionally, it provides fodder for thread necromancy years from now.

 

[Maxperson]

Have you ever had a question that doesn't fit in a particular thread, that you didn't feel was worth a thread of it's own? I've quite a few, myself! Feel free to share!

This question doesn't warrant a thread of its own.

Seriously, though, yes. I have had lots of small questions that don't really warrant threads.

 

[billd91]

If it's not worth a thread of its own, and doesn't fit into another current thread, do you really have a question or a discussion topic? I would submit: no, you clearly don't and you know it.

 

[niklinna]

I occasionally make threads about things that I'm curious about, or find interesting, but given the sheer volume of threads on there, today I'm curious why there isn't some kind of general purpose thread for questions that might not require a full thread for.

Have you ever had a question that doesn't fit in a particular thread, that you didn't feel was worth a thread of it's own? I've quite a few, myself! Feel free to share!

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