# Is it possible that MPSIMS moves too fast? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 9, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-mpsims-moves-too-fast/102649 "2002-04-09T12:35:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-mpsims-moves-too-fast/102649/21 "2002-04-11T02:53:03Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by White Lightning \* > \*\* > With the new software, a moved thread stays on the original forum page as a notification until it’s forced off by newer threads, so moving threads doesn’t impact the turnover time._\* Well, yes and no. That is just one useful option. When you choose to move a thread, you have three options as a Mod: - Move thread - Move thread and leave redirect in previous forum (what is typically done) - Copy thread to destination forum But it’s not mandatory that you choose any option over another. It’s a matter of Board policy only. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-mpsims-moves-too-fast/102649/22 "2002-04-11T12:48:57Z")
Odd. I clicked the quote button, and instead of showing your “wouldn’t it be nice” comment and then the quoted “drivel” text, it just showed the “wouldn’t it be nice” comment. As though quoting doesn’t quote quotes in the original quote. If you understood that, you get a cookie! 🙂 Anyway, > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > We’re sorry, the thread you’re trying to post is not what we’re looking for in GQ. Please ask a straightforward question with a factual answer on which you are actually seeking input from your fellow posters, or post this drivel elsewhere. Me likey that very much. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-mpsims-moves-too-fast/102649/23 "2002-04-11T14:34:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > As though quoting doesn’t quote quotes in the original quote. That’s what the software currently does, a new “feature” in vBulletin 2.x. Since this is the second time the question has been asked in ATMB, I suppose I should include it in the technical issues FAQ. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-mpsims-moves-too-fast/102649/24 "2002-04-11T16:54:59Z")
> [@](#): > > As though quoting doesn’t quote quotes in the original quote. How much quote would a quotation quote, if a quotation could quote quotes? ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-mpsims-moves-too-fast/102649/25 "2002-04-11T16:56:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\* > How much quote would a quotation quote, if a quotation could quote quotes? \*\* Hey! Say it, don’t spray it. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-mpsims-moves-too-fast/102649/26 "2002-04-12T02:03:59Z")
Cookies for **Arnold** and **UncleBeer**! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-mpsims-moves-too-fast/102649/27 "2002-04-14T12:38:24Z")
If you can’t hold your liquor, at least don’t spill your cookies on our esteemed mods! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-mpsims-moves-too-fast/102649/28 "2002-04-14T14:40:18Z")
I say we just create a new forum every time one of them accumulates 50 threads. That way no one ever moves to the second page. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-mpsims-moves-too-fast/102649/29 "2002-04-14T18:36:29Z")
Even with the remnant left in the original forum, moving threads would still help, since the moved thread isn’t being bumped in the old forum anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-mpsims-moves-too-fast/102649/30 "2002-04-15T02:27:04Z")
I agree that a new forum is not necessary. It seems that the mods are now more likely to move threads _out_ of MPSIMS and into IMHO or CS or even the Pit, instead of letting them stay, which is a good thing (IMHO). I think this encourages people to be more careful about where they post threads in the first place. It also seems that there are fewer post count parties, “welcome my friend” threads, and birthday threads than there have been in the past. That’s good, too, I think. (but I’m an old curmudgeon.) Overall, I think that MPSIMS is, was, and always will be, the junk drawer of the SDMB. It’s where we throw stuff that has no other place. We don’t need more space. We need to be more organized. (and I think we’re moving in the right direction.) If we were going to create any new fora, my vote would be for a second GQ-type forum. On another note, I really like how the ghost of a moved thread sticks around for a while. It helps the interested reader find the moved thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-mpsims-moves-too-fast/102649.md?page=1)