I plead guilty. It seemed to me that music threads weren't getting answers (and some subjects were being repeated because people didn't see that a similar thread had been started a day before), so I suggested to Max that we change the default to 3 days to give a little longer life to threads. It's an experiment. If we've had it for a while and people don't like it, it's easy to change back.
And if you really don't want to look at 3 days' worth of threads, set the "age" back to 1 day - or go to Messages by Day in the dropdown QuickLinks menu.

A quick question like this, is a good thing to post in the FAQ.

Acme, I have to admit I didn't understand the checkmark or the reason the other thread was closed. We don't allow threads about the moderation of Mudcat because it is not in Mudcat's interest to have open discussion of moderation tactics (e.g., we closed this thread because so-and-so is being an asshole again, etc. - things that are best said privately) But technical changes have always been open to discussion.

Acme, if you really want to close this thread, go ahead; but I see no reason not to discuss the wisdom of setting the thread age.

-Joe Offer, Mudcat Music Editor-