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Thread Revival

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:19 pm
by SetaSoujirou
There should be some rule about reviving threads here. Perhaps locking or simply leaving it after X amount of weeks.
-Discuss-

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:48 pm
by Hydrolisk
If there is an option, enable auto-thread closure after something like 2 months, or 1 month.

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:59 am
by Loki
No, that would be silly.
People don't even read the time tags when they post when they threadomance.

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:20 am
by Rising_Dusk
There is a rule, and that is why moderators exist.

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:47 pm
by Cecil
The 'Threadomancy' argument is complete bs.

There is no reason to make new thread about something when there is already one up of the same point.

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:15 pm
by shalnath
Cecil's right. I don't know why you guys get so frustrated over it.

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:40 pm
by Hell_Tempest
It's not like threadomancy dramatically impacts forum use...honestly guys.

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:58 pm
by TheDeathstalker
If you do a quick look at the incidences of Threadomancy, you quickly start to see a pattern. Most posts hold little value, one being so needless as being just a post saying what their choice in a poll was, and the post was almost a month after all interest in the post died.

The biggest problem with threadomancy is that it's on the same tier as spamming, with short, meaningless posts that add nothing to the greater whole of the forum. And, even if one has something mildly meaningful to add, odds are everything important has already been said. Threads don't die due to cosmic coincidence, they die because the topic is truely done, and no one cares to continue beating a dead horse. Continuing the analogy, Threadomancy is like digging up the grave of that dead horse just to kick it again.

I feel it was a wise decision to try and prevent threadomancy, because 9 times out of 10, it's the absolute right thing to do, and in that rare 10th case, you can always just start a new thread with a new discussion/premise, if your post is that insightful. We've all been guilty of it at one time or another, but by stopping it when it happens, we make the forum as a whole a much nicer place, in my opinion.

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:37 pm
by SetaSoujirou
TheDeathstalker wrote:If you do a quick look at the incidences of Threadomancy, you quickly start to see a pattern. Most posts hold little value, one being so needless as being just a post saying what their choice in a poll was, and the post was almost a month after all interest in the post died.

The biggest problem with threadomancy is that it's on the same tier as spamming, with short, meaningless posts that add nothing to the greater whole of the forum. And, even if one has something mildly meaningful to add, odds are everything important has already been said. Threads don't die due to cosmic coincidence, they die because the topic is truely done, and no one cares to continue beating a dead horse. Continuing the analogy, Threadomancy is like digging up the grave of that dead horse just to kick it again.

I feel it was a wise decision to try and prevent threadomancy, because 9 times out of 10, it's the absolute right thing to do, and in that rare 10th case, you can always just start a new thread with a new discussion/premise, if your post is that insightful. We've all been guilty of it at one time or another, but by stopping it when it happens, we make the forum as a whole a much nicer place, in my opinion.
'Nuff said. Threads die for a reason. And I don't know why you'd want to be welcomed to the forums a month later when you are either too active to care, or not active at all. *cough*

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:12 am
by Cecil
TheDeathstalker wrote:If you do a quick look at the incidences of Threadomancy, you quickly start to see a pattern. Most posts hold little value, one being so needless as being just a post saying what their choice in a poll was, and the post was almost a month after all interest in the post died.
This is a very specific situation--polls. I think it's obvious that you don't post in some survey-ish thing after a given time period. Only idiots would do this and at least here they're giving imput and not spam (still wrong, but it won't stop those people).

I had more imput but I g2g atm.

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:36 pm
by Loki
The thing is the threadomancy is going on way too much. For the past week, there have been what? 5-6 threads revivals? And the input is very meaningless. If you don't have the time to create a post, why make one in the first place.

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:17 am
by Purple Drake
I really don't think that threadomancy, necroposting, or whatever you call it, is something that should be completely banned. There are many cases in which someone just comes along an old topic and post something meaningful, and it helps bring back a good topic. I do understand that many topics can be answeared or finished, and there really isen't any need for any new posts, but even then, someone might just have an opinion to add, so it never hurts.
Besides, it it's a dumb, short post, then it's just spam like it would be in any other topic.

Wait a minute... Did i just revive a topic about thread revival?

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:28 am
by TheDeathstalker
While I do appreciate your presence proving my point (not only in this, but a couple other threads), I'd like to humbly remind you that you failed to add anything to this discussion. You know, the one that was completely finished November 4th? Please do us all a favor and leave finished threads as such. Truly important and meaningful posts will be greeted with open arms, but as we've all said before, threads die for a reason, and it takes a seriously meaningful and insightful post to validate waking the dead.

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:02 am
by SetaSoujirou
Purple Drake wrote:I really don't think that threadomancy, necroposting, or whatever you call it, is something that should be completely banned. There are many cases in which someone just comes along an old topic and post something meaningful, and it helps bring back a good topic. I do understand that many topics can be answeared or finished, and there really isen't any need for any new posts, but even then, someone might just have an opinion to add, so it never hurts.
Besides, it it's a dumb, short post, then it's just spam like it would be in any other topic.

Wait a minute... Did i just revive a topic about thread revival?
Thanks for reviving a topic and restating what's been said. Not like your post was very insightful to begin with, regardless of who said it or not, as that is just stating the obvious (to me at least)

Re: Thread Revival

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:57 pm
by Rising_Dusk
Locked for hopefully obvious reasons.