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"So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories." John Williams
It's obvious what this is. Halo.xbox.com does this right now. Basically if there is another thread posted about a previous topic, the new thread will literally be "merged" into the existing thread. There are pros and cons for doing this.
Pros:
Spam and reoccuring topics/repeat threads. It cleans up forums fairly nice. Ever see this posted? You probably have. It's very common among all message/forum boards. Mergin threads with a large community could be a very good thing with cutting down on spam and listing the same thing over and over again.
Cons:
This requires high maintinence. There are only so many ninjas around at one time. Who would be around to constanly pin thread materials into existing threads? I'm not sure how 343i does it, maybe through an automated system, or maybe they pay their moderators over there with more than just love. Who knows?
Also the fact that you can have one mass thread per topic, and a great idea about the topic could be found half way through the thread which no one would read, unless they literally spend all the time sifting their way through each post.
Perhaps an easier approach to do this through would be something previously mentioned called "thread tagging". The OP or other users could put "tags" on a thread that associate it with a certain subject, and it would be categorized into that mega thread. I know there is someone around here that mentioned this idea, I remember reading about it not a week ago. Anyway, they point is that it would working in something like this.
I'm not arguing for or against the idea of thread merging on bnet, however I feel that we should shed some light on this subject. Now post your feedback!