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Post by clockworkgirl21 on May 30, 2011 12:10:52 GMT -5
...is a no no.
I'm not talking about just this forum, but all forums. Most of them will lock a thread if it's old and someone replied, bumping it up.
I can see locking it if maybe there was an argument in it, but what's wrong with discussing a topic again? Maybe your opinions changed since you last considered it. Maybe new people can bring new perspectives to it. Maybe there is new information.
This isn't a rant. I'm not ranting about old topics being locked. I'm just wondering why it's necessary and why it makes people angry.
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Post by Shane for Wax on May 30, 2011 12:19:03 GMT -5
Because a lot of times when people necro the thread it's not even adding to the discussion. Or because it's so old people have forgotten about it and probably want to.
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Post by VirtualStranger on May 30, 2011 13:24:25 GMT -5
I've known some forums that will lock and delete any new thread if there is already a relevant one on the subject. Anyone making a topic is required to look for an existing one they could post in instead, even if that thread has been dead for years. "Use the search function" was a site rule.
Along with a strict policy against derailing threads, It really helps keep discussion organized.
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Post by shykid on May 30, 2011 14:00:29 GMT -5
There's also a higher tendency for wankers to reply in necro'd threads and stir up drama. (As for why this happens, I have no idea, really. Possibly because someone would only go out of their way to find and reply to something so old because they have strong feelings about the topic.)
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Post by Shane for Wax on May 30, 2011 14:16:38 GMT -5
I've known some forums that will lock and delete any new thread if there is already a relevant one on the subject. Anyone making a topic is required to look for an existing one they could post in instead, even if that thread has been dead for years. "Use the search function" was a site rule. Along with a strict policy against derailing threads, It really helps keep discussion organized. "Use the search feature" has a statute of limitations on almost all the forums I'm on. |
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Post by shykid on May 30, 2011 14:22:44 GMT -5
Proper netiquette and forum "law" can be more complex and different from one place to the next than their real-life counterparts.
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Post by Old Viking on May 30, 2011 14:45:57 GMT -5
Old things should be replied to respectfully.
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Post by Sandafluffoid on May 30, 2011 18:13:03 GMT -5
Whilst I get digging up an old thread just to say "lol yeh" is kind of stupid, I'm not entirely sure why it requires locking the thread, I dislike locked threads in the interest of neatness, so under my new regime if I were running a forum I'd only lock threads when drama got out of hand. I've heard necroing described as "rude", in which case I guess I am, for perhaps the first time in my stereotypedly-British life, out of the etiquette loop. I guess just meh.
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Post by tygerarmy on May 30, 2011 22:28:44 GMT -5
Threads are allowed to be necro'ed, just like others have said it has to be pertinent.
Some threads like the stickyed ones, thread killer, cuties and others could always be necro'ed.
A thread like this if someone revives it to ask why again months after it's been answered and it died would probably be locked.
But a thread that died and a follow up occured any amount of time later, like in a court case, science research, etc itcould live again. If a new member posts in a what's their gender/religious preference or thread of that sort I don't see it getting locked either. Every necro is unique, I think our mods do a good job.
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Post by Art Vandelay on May 31, 2011 2:36:22 GMT -5
As I see it, as long as a necro doesn't stir up drama or some other inanity, I really can't see why locking is called for.
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