Some of these Ads are 5 years old, and have over 500 responses. Threads over a year old will need to be closed, and a new one posted in it's place.

The problem with long running threads is, all subscribers to a thread are notified via an email to any new posts ("auto-subscribe" is the default user setting). So, when a new post is made to a long running thread, potentially 500 emails can be sent out at once. Add to that all the other posts taking place on the site, and it's easy to overwhelm the server with with doing nothing but sending emails out.

This rule is already in effect on other forums. Some states run one thread per lake for lake reports. Threads are closed annually, and a new one started.

Thanks everyone. PM me for questions or feedback.