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This week in forum etiquette - necroing threads.
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Post by
Modibybob
Been seeing alot of new posts in older threads lately.
At what point does a post in a thread become a necro? Also, if someone wants to discuss a certain topic that x amount of threads already exist for, but are old, would it not be inappropriate to "necro" this thread instead of starting a new one?
I believe this is an issue that needs to be openly discussed to provide us forum users with the knowledge, and also to conserve the sanity of the mods here.
:)
Post by
KittyKat77
The issue with necro-posting on the subject of a game that gets updates and patches, is the info eventually goes out of date.
Necro-posting a thread from 2 years ago isn't going to be relevant. Maybe necro-posting a thread from 2 months ago would not be as pointless.
If there are 5 topics on the same subject on the front page of a forum, necro-posting to a thread on the same topic from a year ago would be bad manners, IMO.
Starting a new thread on a topic when all posts about it are >3 months old doesn't seem unreasonable. Is there info about forum "rules" or "guidelines" with regard to necro-posting and what is the cutoff?
Post by
Modibybob
Is there info about forum "rules" or "guidelines" with regard to necro-posting and what is the cutoff?
Seemingly, no. I think it's more of one of those unwritten rules based around common sense that's more of an annoyance than a violation.
Post by
DoomEU
I am so going to come back to this in a year and revive it.
Post by
115812
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
DoomEU
I am so going to come back to this in a year and revive it.
...and I'm a man of my word.
*ahem*
Post by
Azazel
I am so going to come back to this in a year and revive it.
...and I'm a man of my word.
*ahem*
What is this I don't even...
Post by
SirPunky
I am so going to come back to this in a year and revive it.
...and I'm a man of my word.
*ahem*
/applaud
Post by
781960
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Adamsm
"Heh there is already a thread like this heh, all you had to do was look through 50 threads heh".Because searching is so hard to do before posting.....
Post by
Hyperspacerebel
In other news, there is an official rule now.
Posting in a very old thread, or "necro-ing", is fine if and only if the thread is not time-sensitive, and continuing discussion is possible. Necro-ing a thread about the lore behind Thrall's escape from Durnholde is fine. Necro-ing a thread about how mad you are about RealID is not.
Post by
91278
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Girbaud
I am so going to come back to this in a year and revive it.
...and I'm a man of my word.
*ahem*
Haha,
I see what you did there !
Good one.
Post by
Queggy
I am so going to come back to this in a year and revive it.
...and I'm a man of my word.
*ahem*
/clap
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