I check the forums every day and it seems like there’s always someone necroing a post from the announcement section. I get all excited to read something new and amazing, and my heart is broken each time.
I think Glowforge should start closing threads in announcements after a period of time. This would help keep updates in the most up to date threads and in a single place. As well as closing them down from random comments, keeping new submissions in announcements exciting.
I think that’s a great suggestion, especially considering how our threads are prone to wander a bit.
I would expect a week or so would be sufficient to provide a landing place for the bulk of the comments coming from an announcement. After that, spinning off a topic for a specific item/concern/issue would be appropriate and provide some decent segregation.
I would consider not even allowing responses in the announcement thread, but for each announcement create a thread in the Q and a section.
I’d tend to agree with announcements being locked from the start, as they should really just be a place to read announcements with a linked discussion elsewhere. But that may require more time on someones part to set those up, and keep it organized. Just closing the thread after a week or whatever is simple enough.
Yep. Lock it. No loss of democracy since anyone can open a comments topic on the announcement. It’s a pain to keep seeing new stuff pop up in the Announcement category that aren’t that.
This is very tr . . . SQUIRREL!!!
speaking of wandering, I just bought the most comfortable pair of shoes . . . what we were talking about ? 
Perfect!
I just spent 45 minutes running some Tai Chi forms in the Yoga room at San Francisco International. Was I a bad boy for not doing yoga in the yoga room? 
They have a Yoga Room? ROFL! 
Yeah. I have a couple offices in the Bay area so I’m here every month. First time I’ve ever been in there when someone else actually came in to use it. I always have quite a bit of time before the red-eye east so it’s a good way to wash & dry the brain before heading off for an ice cream and the cattle car. 
But it’s a legit setup between terminal 1 & 2. Complete with mats, rollers, blocks and antiseptic equipment wipes. Gotta love the Californians
And the “known by the state of California to cause cancer” tags on the wipes…
Probably the mats too. All that neoprene and foam in there. Fortunately I don’t need to worry about any of that - just toss on the slippers and walk around 
Trying it out for the March post! Thanks for the suggestion. If it works out, will lock the older ones too.
Ha! I don’t think you have any room to mock the Californians if you were doing Tai Chi in the yoga room! 
And FWIW, the next time you’re there… there used to be a huge free group Tai Chi practice in the panhandle every morning. Pretty sure it’s an open/all are welcome sort of thing. I never participated, but it was very cool to watch so many people practicing in unison!
I wondered if I’d be kicked out by the room police (if there are any) for not doing yoga in the yoga room.
It would be a great place to grab a nap though which is probably why the signs said for yoga only. 