Searching threads beyond recent past

[Subhuti]

Hello-
I have been trying to figure out the following for several months of "dropping" by MDC since the recent changes/consolidation.

The most amazing thing for me about MDC, after the content itself, has always been the ability to do research on a particular topic. I would put in my search criteria and tons of great threads would pop up from as far back as 2005, I think. The wealth of information was fantastic.

Now when I search I see that any thread older than a year or six months (unsure which) has a lock on it ... I can't seem to open it to read it. Am I doing something wrong? Is there ANY way to access older threads? What a shame that these are "lost" ...

I would be willing to pay for a premium membership if I could have access to the older threads in a search ... is there a way to do that? It seems they still exist but that they are locked...

Thank you very much!

Liz

[JessicaS]

You should be able to open threads to read them. They cannot be posted to if they haven't had activity for more than six months.

If there is a need for an older thread to be opened so you can post to it, you can contact a moderator and they can assist you.

[Subhuti]

yeah! thank you ... I will go try in the next couple of days. Perhaps I had problems when the new system was initiated. I am so happy @@@@! the wealth of MDC lives on .... seriously!

thanks abimommy!@

Liz