Board Thread:Technical Updates/@comment-26339491-20181129221531/@comment-25356303-20181213180030

Jackboog21 wrote: I honestly don't see the logic behind 1. Do you only read a newspaper with 1 story? Does Youtube restrict you to only subscribe to 1 person?

You may think you're simplifying things, but you're actually making them FAR harder for admins to inform users of stuff. I'm willing to accept a limit, but not of 1. 3-5, like everyone has said, is very reasonable. A newspaper has many pieces, but there is only one cover story. I think that's the purpose of announcements. When you think about it, you don't actually need to highlight that many threads. On Elder Scrolls, we have a system of weekly updates which cover pretty much everything that users need to be aware of. I was skeptical about the limit when we adopted announcements, but we actually haven't had any announcements other than the announcement announcing announcements, and subsequent weekly updates. I suspect most communities will be able to do something similar if they really need to highlight like five threads at once.