June 29, 2003, 14:00
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"50 posts / page" gone?
For as long as I can remember, I've read Poly with 50 posts per page of a thread. Nice round number and enough stuff on a page for me.
Today when I logged in I noticed, however, that threads with 90 posts had four pages in them. Puzzled by this, I went to see that my thread view was on "forum default", which apparently was 20 or 30 or something posts per page. 50 wasn't even an option in the drop down menu.
So, either the 50 posts option has disappeared (why?) or the forum default for the forums has dropped from 50 (why?). That, or I'm imagining things again. I can't see any reason why 50 per page shouldn't be an option, so I suspect a bug of some sort.
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June 29, 2003, 14:29
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I agree... 50 was good.
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June 29, 2003, 15:50
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hi ,
there was some explanation about it a while ago , .....
50 is indeed good 
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June 29, 2003, 15:55
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I liked 25
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June 29, 2003, 16:13
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hi ,
nine to ten they have changed this to give everyone a chance to browse and post , ......
imagine twenty people would have ten threads open with 100 posts in them , ......
this could explain why the site owners changed it , ......
have a nice day
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June 29, 2003, 17:06
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I'd like to have 50 as an option, but to leave the default view at 20 or so.
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June 29, 2003, 18:48
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nine to ten they have changed this to give everyone a chance to browse and post , ......
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This was what I thought of at first, but the change from 50 to 40 can't possibly be that big, really. Besides, that doesn't affect the number of posts a thread has at all. If I view a thread with 200 posts, I read 5 pages instead of 4 now, the load to the server ought to be the same except there're more slightly shorter periods of connection.
So is the big idea here that more people will be able to view shorter bits of threads? And that full pages will have time to load between server outages?  Still, I can't imagine the effect of dropping from 50 to 40 being that big.
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imagine twenty people would have ten threads open with 100 posts in them
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After being downloaded, the thread has no effect on the load. Ten thousand people could have a window with 100 posts in it, if they just didn't load them all at once.
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Last edited by Kassiopeia; June 29, 2003 at 19:08.
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June 29, 2003, 18:56
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20 is absolutely alright.
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June 29, 2003, 19:29
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I liked the time there were 100 posts/page... took about half an hour to load a thread 
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June 29, 2003, 20:37
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Mine is low..........been meaning to change it to the maximum for ages.
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June 29, 2003, 20:52
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I think I have mine set to 20 per page.
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June 29, 2003, 21:47
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I've got mine set at 50 
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June 30, 2003, 08:43
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Where can you change that? I thought the length of the posts affected the number per page.
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June 30, 2003, 09:15
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Mine is still working with 50.
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June 30, 2003, 23:15
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I don't know how, but mine's at 100 right now 
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July 1, 2003, 01:59
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I liked 50, but now I get 40. Could it be that I changed to a Light (or maybe it was Special) style?
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July 1, 2003, 03:45
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If you had it set at 50 or some other number, it will stay like that until you go into the "change options" part of your control panel and mkae some changes. So if you want to keep it like it is, don't change your options.
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July 1, 2003, 04:20
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where's the option to change it? can't find it on the control panel any more 
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July 1, 2003, 04:39
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Edit options -> Default posts per thread
You must not have been looking hard.
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July 1, 2003, 05:13
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true I must not, found it now, thanks
40 is max
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July 1, 2003, 14:32
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Originally posted by Kassiopeia
This was what I thought of at first, but the change from 50 to 40 can't possibly be that big, really. Besides, that doesn't affect the number of posts a thread has at all. If I view a thread with 200 posts, I read 5 pages instead of 4 now, the load to the server ought to be the same except there're more slightly shorter periods of connection.
So is the big idea here that more people will be able to view shorter bits of threads? And that full pages will have time to load between server outages? Still, I can't imagine the effect of dropping from 50 to 40 being that big.
After being downloaded, the thread has no effect on the load. Ten thousand people could have a window with 100 posts in it, if they just didn't load them all at once.
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hi ,
 , example , each time one post's the entire thread gets refreshed , ......
have a nice day
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July 1, 2003, 20:45
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hmph. 50's no longer an option? heh, i guess i just havn't changed my options is a long time, i still get 50/page 
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July 2, 2003, 20:16
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50 is good.
I would find the other thread, but people have answered the question in this thread already.
Don't change your options, otherwise you will have to drop from 50 to default.
Much quicker to catch up when reading 50 posts per page.
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July 4, 2003, 20:48
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mine is doing like 20 or so....
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July 4, 2003, 23:02
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I want 500 posts per page. That would be nice.
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July 4, 2003, 23:30
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I want 100 per page. I have DSL so it doesn't bother me.
grrr.... I want.. I want.. and I want it now and FREE!!!!
Well - I guess we have to live with 40.  hilosophical:
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July 4, 2003, 23:59
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I'm quite happy where I am, but I have no idea where that is. 50? 100? 314? 6?
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July 5, 2003, 05:28
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I just have whatever it gives me
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July 27, 2003, 03:10
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Grr!
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July 27, 2003, 04:11
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Would a mod care to comment on this slightly old topic?
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