I think Megathreads are antithetical to forums. They can be useful where the topic is always the exact same, like a Welcome thread. But for random programming problems, they'd be a really bad choice.
Searchability for solutions to programming problems is very important. With individual threads, you also know whether someone's question has been answered, less so when 3 people post their problem in a megathread. To me, the whole point of this place is to be able to share and collaborate, which I believe is much better served with individual threads.
Unless threads are falling off the first page in the same day, you probably don't need to make a section more efficient. Although, that usually just means you need an additional section to handle the flow (not a megathread). But in general, I'm a fan of as few sections as are needed, but no fewer.
Plus, but having searchable threads, you are less likely to get repeated threads asking the same questions, since a search might have already resolved their problem.
Searchability for solutions to programming problems is very important. With individual threads, you also know whether someone's question has been answered, less so when 3 people post their problem in a megathread. To me, the whole point of this place is to be able to share and collaborate, which I believe is much better served with individual threads.
Unless threads are falling off the first page in the same day, you probably don't need to make a section more efficient. Although, that usually just means you need an additional section to handle the flow (not a megathread). But in general, I'm a fan of as few sections as are needed, but no fewer.
Plus, but having searchable threads, you are less likely to get repeated threads asking the same questions, since a search might have already resolved their problem.
Me.
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