Cap the number of replies allowed in a thread?

[Ratman6161]

Looking in the CPU's and overclocking section as one example there are certain discussions that I think of as "mega threads". An example would be

ntel Skylake / Kaby Lake / Coffee Lake Thread - Coffee Lake-S specs out

which as I type this is up to 585 pages and over 14,600 replies. Personally I find that these are next to useless. there is no way I'm going to read all 14,600 posts and given that, anything I might have to say on the subject has already been said...somewhere in the mass of posts. They are just too big. At some point shouldn't we just start a new one? I don't know exactly what the number should be but it would be something a lot smaller than 14,000! I'm thinking more like 100 or so.

Of course this could be just me

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

You can search within a thread. The purpose of a forum should be to get everyone's input. The thread you mentioned isn't even as long as most paperbacks (pm me if you're too young to know what one is). Most people start reading the larger threads before they get that big.

 

[Pick2]

You could have one thread with 14,000 posts , or 140 threads with 100 posts each on the same subject. The first option would seem better by a long shot