One Case, One Thread...?

kingstreet

Should we ask for the adoption of a restriction popular on other forums I visit where you are allowed one thread for your case?

If you have a house sale, house purchase, rental issue you open one thread and you conduct all your business in that thread? It means members can see how a case evolves and not have to duplicate previous help.

Yes, I'm sad, but I actually counted and one member opened twenty-three threads for questions on the same house purchase.

kingstreet

Great, a typo in the poll.

On thread.

RXT156

Are you trying to stop people from making pointless threads (by making a pointless thread?) Can’t help but point out the irony here .

kingstreet

RXT156 wrote: »

Are you trying to stop people from making pointless threads (by making a pointless thread?) Can’t help but point out the irony here .

Their threads aren't pointless, but if they added to previous threads, a bigger picture would emerge which would be easier to follow.

Mine, yep, totally pointless...

Niv

I like the idea of On Threads so went with that

Thrugelmir

How could such a restriction be imposed though. Unless the board moderators are more pro-active in merging.

moneyistooshorttomention

Just because of one incident?:cool:

Sometimes things can be a bit confusing - but, on balance, it may be that if someone does this they are raising one aspect on one thread and feel it's resolved as best they can/queries on it answered.

Then another aspect they hadnt anticipated comes up and that is a different question (if sometimes on the same overall matter).

Thrugelmir

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Just because of one incident?:cool:

One? Think again.

troffasky

Voted Yes, but I think it would require quite a bit more work from mods.

G_M

I too find it annoying when posters open multipe threads, especially when info in the first is relevant to the 2nd but not included.

So yes - makes perfect sense to combine them.

But... it'll never be enforced so, yes, this is a pointless thread!

G_M

AFF8879 wrote: »

Single threads wouldn't be very effective in getting multiple questions answered because people wouldn't know the questions until they clicked in the thread. E.g. in your example you mention a rental and a house purchase, those are two very different areas with many people having expertise in one or the other. Having separate threads - clearly titled - for those two issues, for example, ensures the questions get answered more efficiently by the most knowledgeable posters in that topic.

I hesitate to start a debate but hey.....

If the same poster has a rental query and a purchase query, chances are at some point there'll be overlap: when to serve notice; when /how to get rental deposit back iin time for purchase; whether on electoral roll at rental for mortgage credit check. Almost always something.

If all the info is visible upfront, it's quicker & easier to advise, as well as that advice being more releant/accurate