Reverse psychology only works if everyone is going in not-reverse.
And uhm... Even if I agree it would be easier to read 6 2-pages topics than a single 12-pages one... how would it be prevented from being like 1 12-page topic and 5 2-pages one.. or.. 6 12-pages ones!!
No matter how split the forums would be, if there's any one topic where a lot of people have a lot to say, pages will stack up in that topic. Unless the forum is mechanically designed to auto-lock after X pages, in which case people will start popping "[topic here] Continued" topics, which will then max out pages and so on.
That's why I ask.. how would it help?
And uhm... Even if I agree it would be easier to read 6 2-pages topics than a single 12-pages one... how would it be prevented from being like 1 12-page topic and 5 2-pages one.. or.. 6 12-pages ones!!
No matter how split the forums would be, if there's any one topic where a lot of people have a lot to say, pages will stack up in that topic. Unless the forum is mechanically designed to auto-lock after X pages, in which case people will start popping "[topic here] Continued" topics, which will then max out pages and so on.
That's why I ask.. how would it help?