I’ve been a member of a lot of “real” forums based on different subjects, automotive, homesteading etc where people can start their own personal thread and and if it ends up being huge, will show up at the top of the category forever based on number of replies/posts, unlike here, where time buries everything, like a social network.
Here’s the longest thread ever on composting. It’s an interesting read because he has a way with words. The first several pages are almost exclusively posts from the OP.
https://www.homesteadingtoday.com/threads/extreme-composting.342651/
The original forum owner got overwhelmed shortly after Trump took office because many of the liberals suddenly became rabid and fighting ensued with the conservatives. They wouldn’t keep it in General Discussion either and reached into every forum category. She didn’t have what it took to make the decision and start booting people from one side or the other so she sold it. Then it sold again and again. Each owner also went to different forum software. It’s a shell of what it was but that thread remains, 198 pages long with 20 posts per page.
The original thread poster is long gone(from the forum), driven out by the rabid left. Pretty much all the conservatives are gone, driven off to a state of internet diaspora.
Another place you see long ongoing threads is automotive forums and they’re usually named, “My 1951 Chevy truck build”, etc.
I started a similar thread over at No-till Growing forum based on my high tunnel adventure of learning and building. Every step of the way, every decision making or learning process, loaded with pics and techno-jargon.
Ya’ll got it easy.
“The original thread poster is long gone(from the forum), driven out by the rabid left. Pretty much all the conservatives are gone, driven off to a state of internet diaspora.”
That happened to many of us on the Simple Living forum. It’s ridiculous. But - we landed elsewhere and are MORE than happy to be away from the nuts. (And they WERE nuts!)
I read a couple of the compost thread posts .... and had to stop. Since I am attempting to compost & just built a large bin for composting leaves, I could see myself rapidly becoming ‘hooked’ on that thread and reading and reading and reading ..... LOL!
I love doing “projects” and making/improving things myself, especially when I can repurpose stuff that’s been lying around in piles or the under the pole barns for years. The Great Depression was part of my dad’s childhood plus his dad saved every bent nail, scrap of wire, wood, string, etc. so dad came honestly to his ‘save everything ‘cause one day I might need it’ mentality. I have a lot of materials to work with & most of the time I can find what I need without a trip to the hardware store.
I do read your posts on the Garden Thread. To be honest, do I understand them? Sometimes yes, sometimes partially, & other times, way over my head. When you are doing a neat project or one that’s important to you, or one that requires a lot of ‘figuring out’, a decent part of the satisfaction is derived by sharing what you’ve done & are doing. I am very much looking forward to seeing the progress on your high tunnel & especially when it’s completed & in action!
PS - you freaked me out with your ladder ‘crane’ on the truck ... until I saw how you had secured it, then I felt a little better. No way I could climb that thing with my ‘fear’ of heights. I did get the clock reset to EST & changed the battery which required a ladder since we have 11’ ceilings in that room & the clock is way up there - that’s about as high as I can go :-)
Whatever you do, do not start posting to the moribund FR Dimensional Door thread!