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cliffside

(1,129 posts) Tue Jul 22, 2025, 09:31 PM Jul 22

Question about GD threads and replies ....

I just responded to two GD threads, one cycled to the top of GD and the other did not.

Any ideas as to why, what am I missing?

Replied at 9:05 pm and on page one of GD now.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220502421

Replied at 9:07 pm and did not move to page one and again now, did not move to page one?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220477519

Thanks!

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Question about GD threads and replies .... (Original Post) cliffside Jul 22 OP

Old threads do not get kicked to the top. Your second link is ten (10) days old Bernardo de La Paz Jul 22 #1

Thank you! Do you know if the limit is ten days? nt cliffside Jul 22 #2

I don't know what the limit is, but it is more like 48 hours, I think. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 22 #3

Appreciate the reply and makes sense! Earl would you tell us what the limit is please, just curious now? nt cliffside Jul 22 #4

Not sure what EarlG will say, but my understanding is that as long as a thread hasn't slipped off page 30 highplainsdem Jul 22 #5

Think that might be the answer, just kicked an old post of mine in LBN from early June ... cliffside Jul 22 #6

Thanks. That also has a sense to it. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 23 #7

highplainsdem gave the correct answer above EarlG Tuesday #8

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,295 posts)

1. Old threads do not get kicked to the top. Your second link is ten (10) days old

Reply to cliffside (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 09:34 PM

Jul 22

Your first reply was in a thread about 26 hours old

cliffside

(1,129 posts)

2. Thank you! Do you know if the limit is ten days? nt

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 09:39 PM

Jul 22

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,295 posts)

3. I don't know what the limit is, but it is more like 48 hours, I think. . . . nt

Reply to cliffside (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 09:40 PM

Jul 22

cliffside

(1,129 posts)

4. Appreciate the reply and makes sense! Earl would you tell us what the limit is please, just curious now? nt

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 09:48 PM

Jul 22

highplainsdem

(57,575 posts)

5. Not sure what EarlG will say, but my understanding is that as long as a thread hasn't slipped off page 30

Reply to cliffside (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:31 PM

Jul 22

of the board in each forum, replies will kick it back to the top of the board.

It can be only days before a thread drops off page 30 in GD, but a very long time in less active forums.

Each time a thread is kicked back to the top of the board, it can again slide as far as the bottom of page 30 and still be kicked. How old the OP is doesn't matter. It's all about how old the previous reply was and whether that had been recent enough to keep it on the board.

Threads pinned to the top of a board will get new replies indefinitely, if they're not locked.

Anyway, that's how every board I've run worked, and how DU seems to work.

cliffside

(1,129 posts)

6. Think that might be the answer, just kicked an old post of mine in LBN from early June ...

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:00 PM

Jul 22

and it went to the top of the forum ... page 30 of GD is from July 14th.

When you look at the bottom page of a forum with the the page numbers it only goes to 30, then "archives."

Mystery solved, thought I might need new glasses.

Thank you!

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,295 posts)

7. Thanks. That also has a sense to it. . . . . nt

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 07:11 AM

Jul 23

EarlG

(23,076 posts)

8. highplainsdem gave the correct answer above

Reply to cliffside (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 02:37 PM

Tuesday

Once a thread drops off the bottom of the 30th page of a forum, it falls into that forum's archives. Threads in the archives can still be replied to, but they don't kick back up to the top of the forum.

The first thread linked to in your OP was posted on July 21 so it was still active in General Discussion when you kicked it. But the second thread was posted on July 11, and I believe the last reply in the thread before you tried to kick it back up was July 12. It would have already fallen into the GD archives.

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