I wrote the beginning of a fanfiction series called "Etheria: Axis Powers—the Dawnlight Compact" over 60 days ago. I worked pretty hard on it, and it has now been viewed over 100 times. But I have received 0 reviews for it and the rules forbid anyone from reviewing now that sixty days have passed.
Furthermore, I have seen multiple threads that were supposed to be dead get reanimated for good, useful and valuable reasons that IMO have benefitted this forum and perhaps the game itself.
I personally don't like that people cannot review or comment on my creative endeavors on this site, including my story writing after 60 days. Most authors, regardless of whether they write derivative or non-derivative works, don't have a time limit for reviews like that.
And there are likely many other thread discussions that will stay relevant, interesting, and impactful for a very long time after they are first started.
For a while when I was in high school we had a newspaper committee, and there I learned that news pieces can be classified by their impact and relevance, and that stories that never stopped being relevant were referred to as "evergreens".
I think when evaluating whether I thread is supposed to be dead or not, we need to check if it still has enough relevance and impact to be worth commenting on, and whether there's really anything new left to say on it. However, that varies by topic, and it cannot be adequately measured by a an arbitrary 60 day time limit.
Please change the thread killing rule. I would really appreciate it.
Thank you!
