Forum mod enquiry: How long to necro?

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Forum mod enquiry: How long to necro? Nov 26, 2016 10:13:53 GMT

Post by SofaJockey on Nov 26, 2016 10:13:53 GMT

A user feedback enquiry...

How long should a thread have been abandoned before a follow-up post would be considered a 'necro'?

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Forum mod enquiry: How long to necro? Nov 26, 2016 10:42:22 GMT

Post by Sartoz on Nov 26, 2016 10:42:22 GMT

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If space is now becoming an issue or soon will be or for some other reasons, then a possible criteria is:

1- Inactivity

For example:
- a thread inactive for two months gets canned
- a thread inactive for 5 weeks but gets active is reset and the counter starts at zero again.

Of course, the famous "BUMP" posts may get in the way.

Another one is to allow an "active" thread count of say 60. Anything above that gets removed. In this case 61, 62, 63... Active threads bubble up anyway.

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Forum mod enquiry: How long to necro? Nov 26, 2016 11:12:20 GMT via mobile Cyberstrike likes this

Post by BadgerladDK on Nov 26, 2016 11:12:20 GMT

If there are no active threads on the subject, I really don't see the harm in bringing a thread back. Previous information doesn't decay just because it's x months old, it loses value only from being contradicted by new information.

Having said that, "bump" post with no new input should probably be frowned upon.

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Forum mod enquiry: How long to necro? Nov 26, 2016 11:14:13 GMT

Post by Duke Cameron on Nov 26, 2016 11:14:13 GMT

Depends if the topic is fresh.

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Forum mod enquiry: How long to necro? Nov 26, 2016 11:17:04 GMT LFS and Cyberstrike like this

Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2016 11:17:04 GMT

Nov 26, 2016 11:12:20 GMT BadgerladDK said:

If there are no active threads on the subject, I really don't see the harm in bringing a thread back. Previous information doesn't decay just because it's x months old, it loses value only from being contradicted by new information.

Having said that, "bump" post with no new input should probably be frowned upon.

This. ^

As a noob it was super off putting to post in a thread that was relevant to a game you were playing, not realising the date of the last post, only to get hate for necro-ing it. As long as it's relevant, why not let ppl post whenever they want? If they have a valid question or comment regarding the topic in hand then I for one would rather it appear in a previous thread, even years later, then start a whole new thread and everyone have to repeat themselves.

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Forum mod enquiry: How long to necro? Nov 26, 2016 11:45:14 GMT

Post by helios969 on Nov 26, 2016 11:45:14 GMT

Two months seems reasonable, especially since we know a thread will be started on every conceivable topic from every possible angle over and over and over...irrespective of what is already buried past page 3 or so.

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Forum mod enquiry: How long to necro? Nov 26, 2016 11:49:29 GMT Julale and BadgerladDK like this

Post by Thrombin on Nov 26, 2016 11:49:29 GMT

Unless there's some kind of resource issue I don't see the point in locking a thread due to age.

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Forum mod enquiry: How long to necro? Nov 26, 2016 13:11:46 GMT

Post by General Aetius on Nov 26, 2016 13:11:46 GMT

Depends on the activity. If the thread has only like 2-3 posts and hasn't been touched in a month or so, and then you get the OP doing a spam bump to make people notice it again.......that's a necro.

If it's a popular thread with at least 2-3 pages of posting and it's an ongoing subject, we could easily bump that one instead of creating more threads for the same thing.

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Forum mod enquiry: How long to necro? Nov 26, 2016 13:43:21 GMT

Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2016 13:43:21 GMT

Two months of inactivity seems like plenty. Maybe make it so people can ask a mod to link locked necro threads to a current thread if the topic/info becomes relevant again... perhaps using a spoiler tag to save on space.

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