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Applekidrose
04/19/17 1:46:29 AM
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is it just tradition at this point?
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redrocket_pub
04/19/17 1:49:46 AM
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Because you touch yourself at night.
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Applekidrose
04/19/17 1:53:38 AM
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wait wait wait this doesn't count for the stupid whiner seconds game!
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LeonhartFour
04/19/17 1:57:07 AM
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Applekidrose
04/19/17 2:02:08 AM
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LeonhartFour posted...
Because archiving is bad and dumb

while this is clearly an opinion warped by way, way too much exposure to this silly website, I'm more wondering why there isn't a proper purge rate of a month or something.
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Raka_Putra
04/19/17 2:20:32 AM
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Because when contest season comes, we get a flood of topics and apparently the contest we get every other leap year is enough to sacrifice the great topics during peace time.
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Applekidrose
04/19/17 2:22:59 AM
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Raka_Putra posted...
Because when contest season comes, we get a flood of topics and apparently the contest we get every other leap year is enough to sacrifice the great topics during peace time.

this made sense when the site was cobbled together by cjayc and a "beginner's guide to HTML" book but I have to assume things have improved in the last TWENTY YEARS lmfao
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kateee
04/19/17 2:29:36 AM
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so i can make all the dumb topics i want and have everyone quickly forget about them.
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Ngamer64
04/19/17 3:03:22 AM
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The rate of purging is too darn high!


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Applekidrose
04/19/17 4:32:59 AM
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Ngamer64 posted...
The rate of purging is too darn high!


These are the kinds of expertly crafted posts I've truly missed in my time away
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KokoroAkechi
04/19/17 4:33:53 AM
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because gamefaqs is still stuck in the year 2003.
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MenuWars
04/19/17 4:44:52 AM
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Raka_Putra posted...
Because when contest season comes, we get a flood of topics and apparently the contest we get every other leap year is enough to sacrifice the great topics during peace time.



This but I doubt it'd be too much work to change it to a week during off season.
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Tom Bombadil
04/19/17 7:06:47 AM
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I think it's automated based on number of posts and that's still pretty high?

Applekidrose posted...
Raka_Putra posted...
Because when contest season comes, we get a flood of topics and apparently the contest we get every other leap year is enough to sacrifice the great topics during peace time.

this made sense when the site was cobbled together by cjayc and a "beginner's guide to HTML" book but I have to assume things have improved in the last TWENTY YEARS lmfao


hey man we got quoting and spoiler tags and avatars we're only like ten years behind now
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SeabassDebeste
04/19/17 7:37:20 AM
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Tom Bombadil posted...
I think it's automated based on number of posts and that's still pretty high?

yup, it's because we keep dozens of long-runners around
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LeonhartFour
04/19/17 8:20:11 AM
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Yeah, we don't have a large number of topics, but our average number of posts per topic is ridiculously high.
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Steiner
04/19/17 8:22:13 AM
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kateee posted...
so i can make all the dumb topics i want and have everyone quickly forget about them.


hey it's not fair when you delete the worst ones within seconds of posting them
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kateee
04/19/17 12:15:00 PM
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the only ones i delete are the ones about petty emotional bullshit like how much i hate myself so i don't appreciate the accusation. excluding those i'll stand by my dumb topics.

if you tell me what i deleted apart from those i'll fucking remake it.
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mnkboy907
04/21/17 5:45:31 PM
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Did it get extended...? There are topics from the 18th still. Shouldn't it only be from the 19th or am i dumb?
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Mr Lasastryke
04/21/17 5:47:58 PM
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mnkboy907 posted...
Shouldn't it only be from the 19th or am i dumb?


you're dumb.
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mnkboy907
04/21/17 5:49:37 PM
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:(
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StealThisSheen
04/21/17 5:53:53 PM
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I guess it's a little quick, but a month would be insanity
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Applekidrose
04/21/17 6:48:50 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
I guess it's a little quick, but a month would be insanity

why
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SeabassDebeste
04/21/17 6:50:19 PM
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mnkboy907 posted...
Did it get extended...? There are topics from the 18th still. Shouldn't it only be from the 19th or am i dumb?

It does seem extended to me, actually. Interesting!
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Applekidrose
04/21/17 6:50:55 PM
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it wouldn't be the first time a site rule has changed because of me!!
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Mr Lasastryke
04/21/17 6:53:42 PM
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whoops i'm totally wrong. seems like there wasn't a purge today. sorry!

wouldn't get your hopes up about a rule change though. seems more likely that it's just a bug. i recall this happening a few months ago as well.
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SeabassDebeste
04/21/17 6:56:48 PM
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I'm not sure it's a bug - a few really big topics purged recently, so maybe that affected our purge cycle?
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Mr Lasastryke
04/21/17 7:00:18 PM
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yeah, i'm actually doubting what i just said now too. did we finally slow down the purge rate by going below 20K posts? we're at 20.5K now so we're not too far off.
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Nanis23
04/21/17 7:01:35 PM
#29:


Please answer @SBAllen
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-hotdogturtle--
04/21/17 7:09:36 PM
#30:


The purge rate at this exact second in time is 2 days instead of 1 day. It's usually 1 here, so the last purge must have pushed it under the threshold.

Edit: IDK, I have a script that shows the purge rate of each board, and it keeps flipping between 1 and 2 days when I check it.
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mnkboy907
04/21/17 7:57:01 PM
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I thought I remember people saying the purge rate on this board wasn't determined by post count and just was what it was.
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Mr Lasastryke
04/21/17 7:58:28 PM
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mnkboy907 posted...
I thought I remember people saying the purge rate on this board wasn't determined by post count and just was what it was.


yeah, that's wrong. for some reason this is a popular misconception that keeps reappearing from time to time.
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Hardcore_Adult
04/21/17 8:20:20 PM
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KokoroAkechi posted...
because gamefaqs is still stuck in the year 2003.


Hey, 2003 was a pretty GOOD Year!
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Mr Lasastryke
04/22/17 7:46:03 AM
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18.4K posts now. wonder if we'll get a purge tomorrow.
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LeonhartFour
04/22/17 9:03:31 AM
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Applekidrose posted...
StealThisSheen posted...
I guess it's a little quick, but a month would be insanity

why


Because of all the garbage topics that would be floating around not dying at the expense of a handful of topics people want to keep alive.

There would literally be 1000 FT topics on the board at a time with that purge rate.
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Hardcore_Adult
04/22/17 9:45:25 AM
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^ That's kind of depressing when you say it like that.
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mnkboy907
04/22/17 11:49:38 AM
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Aww, back to the normal purge.
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Mr Lasastryke
04/22/17 11:52:54 AM
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mnkboy907 posted...
Aww, back to the normal purge.


well, before today's purge the last purge was two days ago. we can't tell if we're "back to the normal purge" before tomorrow.
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Applekidrose
04/22/17 7:02:16 PM
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LeonhartFour posted...
Applekidrose posted...
StealThisSheen posted...
I guess it's a little quick, but a month would be insanity

why


Because of all the garbage topics that would be floating around not dying at the expense of a handful of topics people want to keep alive.

There would literally be 1000 FT topics on the board at a time with that purge rate.

but I don't understand why that's a problem? If people still want the topic, cool. If they're just keeping it "alive" for archival purposes, cool, it gets bumped once every 30 days instead of every day so you'll hardly have to see it at all

what's the issue
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NFUN
04/22/17 7:09:51 PM
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Applekidrose posted...
LeonhartFour posted...
Applekidrose posted...
StealThisSheen posted...
I guess it's a little quick, but a month would be insanity

why


Because of all the garbage topics that would be floating around not dying at the expense of a handful of topics people want to keep alive.

There would literally be 1000 FT topics on the board at a time with that purge rate.

but I don't understand why that's a problem? If people still want the topic, cool. If they're just keeping it "alive" for archival purposes, cool, it gets bumped once every 30 days instead of every day so you'll hardly have to see it at all

what's the issue

Imagine there being 30 pages of worthless dead topics that nobody cares about. Then imagine what havoc somebody like slycooper69 could wreck with that kind of ammo.
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LeonhartFour
04/22/17 7:12:33 PM
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Applekidrose posted...
but I don't understand why that's a problem? If people still want the topic, cool. If they're just keeping it "alive" for archival purposes, cool, it gets bumped once every 30 days instead of every day so you'll hardly have to see it at all

what's the issue


dumb trolls who keep bumping long dead topics for the lulz

what's the issue with a more frequent purge rate other than you lose a topic you still wanted to use once in a while

it's not like it's that inconvenient to remake it either

like if you're that concerned about it, there are multiple people on this board who are extremely reliable and willing to keep a topic alive until it hits 500
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Applekidrose
04/22/17 7:33:09 PM
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Imagine there being 30 pages of worthless dead topics that nobody cares about. Then imagine what havoc somebody like slycooper69 could wreck with that kind of ammo.

spamming is already not allowed

LeonhartFour posted...
dumb trolls who keep bumping long dead topics for the lulz

if they just do it occasionally, who cares? if they do it too much, then it's spamming?

LeonhartFour posted...
what's the issue with a more frequent purge rate other than you lose a topic you still wanted to use once in a while

You say that like it's such a minor thing. Some of us live busy lives and can't guarantee they're going to have time to get on gamefaqs every two days or every day. It doesn't have to be some super important topic, cause in the past I've just lost simple game playthroughs and it was enough to make me just forget about it. How many topics that are MEANT to be long-running are remade 3, 4, 20 times because of purges? "2017 game achievement challenge topic, purge edition" kinda nonsense


LeonhartFour posted...
it's not like it's that inconvenient to remake it either

this is nonsense

LeonhartFour posted...
like if you're that concerned about it, there are multiple people on this board who are extremely reliable and willing to keep a topic alive until it hits 500

i'm sorry but the only reason this makes more sense to you than just extending the time is that you're very used to it. Try to take a step back and think objectively, man!
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LeonhartFour
04/22/17 7:36:50 PM
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Applekidrose posted...
You say that like it's such a minor thing.


I mean, it's a topic on a message board. It kinda is.

Applekidrose posted...
this is nonsense


not for me

it happens to me occasionally and I do it

Applekidrose posted...
i'm sorry but the only reason this makes more sense to you than just extending the time is that you're very used to it. Try to take a step back and think objectively, man!


I also like a faster purge rate.

also please don't use terms like "objectively" when you're talking about preferences
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StealThisSheen
04/22/17 7:38:11 PM
#44:


Applekidrose posted...
spamming is already not allowed


Getting hit for spamming is extremely uncommon
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MZero11
04/22/17 7:49:57 PM
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who cares
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Applekidrose
04/22/17 8:30:55 PM
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I guess it's true I'm really the outsider here. Who am I to change things? You all don't need a wake up or a leader. If you're happy with the way it is, even if it seems extraordinarily strange to someone from the outside, then I should just let you be happy.

Sorry for trying to fulfill my white duty of enlightening you all, lmfao. Thanks for setting me straight!
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LeonhartFour
04/22/17 8:34:03 PM
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MZero11
04/22/17 9:22:30 PM
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Applekidrose posted...
I guess it's true I'm really the outsider here. Who am I to change things? You all don't need a wake up or a leader. If you're happy with the way it is, even if it seems extraordinarily strange to someone from the outside, then I should just let you be happy.

Sorry for trying to fulfill my white duty of enlightening you all, lmfao. Thanks for setting me straight!


imagine being this self-righteous

anyway, you're right we don't need you to enlighten us on how to be petty
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Applekidrose
04/22/17 9:25:12 PM
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LeonhartFour posted...
you're not an outsider but okay cool

i mean, i really am lmao. I'm still trying to wrap my head around being able to follow people now, and suddenly there's images!

MZero11 posted...
Applekidrose posted...
I guess it's true I'm really the outsider here. Who am I to change things? You all don't need a wake up or a leader. If you're happy with the way it is, even if it seems extraordinarily strange to someone from the outside, then I should just let you be happy.

Sorry for trying to fulfill my white duty of enlightening you all, lmfao. Thanks for setting me straight!


imagine being this self-righteous

anyway, you're right we don't need you to enlighten us on how to be petty

i'm not quite sure I understand how it's self righteous to admit I'm wrong and need to shut up, lmao. Unless you mean my joke about white privilege in which case apologies if it landed wrong
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CoolCly
04/22/17 9:30:39 PM
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at the very least, topics that purge at the current rate should be archived for a few days to a week so we can at least see what's been purged


the fact that shit just disappears after not posting in it for literally 1 day is so frustrating
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neonreaper
04/22/17 9:35:14 PM
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I feel like it could be longer and the real problem with Full Throttle topics isn't the purge rate
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