Why do posts get closed so often?

  • jsims281

    (@jsims281)


    15 years, 1 month ago

    I find tons of posts via Google with people asking the exact same question that I am, but often there is no answer and the topic has been closed.

    Why is this? Surely it leads to
    1) People forced to post questions that have already been asked.
    2) Frustrated users coming from Google to find that a question they are asking has not been (and cannot be) answered.

    I am also involved in the Drupal community and find that often, someone may have a great answer for a question months, or even years after the OP asked the question. This is not possible on the wordpress.org forums and I don’t understand why.

    Any thoughts?

    edit: here is the example that lead me to make this post: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/gd-star-ratings-display-static-results-per-article. When I solve this issue I would love to post back so that others can use it in future.

Viewing 2 replies - 16 through 17 (of 17 total)
1 2
  • Zoinks! Graphics

    (@zoinks)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks for the idea, Ipstenu. That would be one way to satisfy my urge to “pay it forward.” Obviously, though, the original poster(s) wouldn’t be aware of the solution via the original thread subscription. I’d imagine adding the link as you suggest would “connect” the threads in some way for the search engines, making it easier for folks doing new searches on the issue, so there’s that.

    Sorry if my comments came across as overly harsh, they weren’t meant to be. Sure, I don’t agree with everything on here, but yes, it’s an awesome resource to share info, even when it’s about how the resource is managed! Isn’t that how we grow and evolve? 🙂

    In that vein, here’s another suggestion: Maybe blog threads (even closed ones) could include a list of “You may also be interested in…” that would display a few related threads based on title? That would make it easier if someone lands on closed question thread “X” that has a solution in thread “Y”. Only thought of this because I’ve seen a similar functionality in several WP sites!

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    14 years, 9 months ago

    Obviously, though, the original poster(s) wouldn’t be aware of the solution via the original thread subscription.

    That’s presuming we subscribe 😉 I rarely do.

    Maybe blog threads (even closed ones) could include a list of “You may also be interested in…”

    The best we can do with that would be to use the tags on the side of the posts, which are … iffy at best.

    bbPress, the forum here, is NOT using WP, mind you, so it can’t use those plugins the same way. AND those plugins use categories and tags to weight thing.

Viewing 2 replies - 16 through 17 (of 17 total)
1 2

The topic ‘Why do posts get closed so often?’ is closed to new replies.

Tags