Are you guys seriously arguing over this?
From the POV of users, it's an aesthetic thing. Some like it, some don't... live with it we must.[/yoda]
From the POV of mods, it's an aesthetic thing and makes it easier to clear posts by spammers, if they stayed within one only thread... everything gets clumped into one, so you only need to remove one post... but I haven't seen any such heavy spamming... mods always on top of things, perhaps?...
From the POV of the Database, there are less entries, but I think the extra strain would be minimal.... there is an extra processing strain in identifying that the previous post was done by the same user and the new content must be appended to the previous post, instead on generating a new post... but I guess that is also minimal.
One detail concerning the new post information... I may be mistaken and mixed things up, but it seems that, sometimes, I do get that information, even when the new post gets joined with the old... could it be that the forum is actually creating a new post and then joining it with the previous?
From the POV of users, it's an aesthetic thing. Some like it, some don't... live with it we must.[/yoda]
From the POV of mods, it's an aesthetic thing and makes it easier to clear posts by spammers, if they stayed within one only thread... everything gets clumped into one, so you only need to remove one post... but I haven't seen any such heavy spamming... mods always on top of things, perhaps?...
From the POV of the Database, there are less entries, but I think the extra strain would be minimal.... there is an extra processing strain in identifying that the previous post was done by the same user and the new content must be appended to the previous post, instead on generating a new post... but I guess that is also minimal.
One detail concerning the new post information... I may be mistaken and mixed things up, but it seems that, sometimes, I do get that information, even when the new post gets joined with the old... could it be that the forum is actually creating a new post and then joining it with the previous?
