probably stop making multiple threads about the same topic

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A certain forum user is resurrecting old threads in order to disrupt the forums - sadly it means that a new player or casual forum viewer just sees a a very distorted view of the forum as a result.

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Originally Posted by usernameuwu

i also find it hilarious that a lot of these old threads get necrod. i havent used forums in a long time but i thought those older ones get deleted after a while??

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Aside 1.0 version of the game, nothings been locked.
It allows free discussion on anything you want if it's already been discussed.

So what do you want? Old topics to get locked or to combine everything into larger discussions?

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Originally Posted by Bearded

A certain forum user is resurrecting old threads in order to disrupt the forums.

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And there's nothing we can do about it.

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Originally Posted by Haruka_R

And there's nothing we can do about it.

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To be fair, this is one of those situations where the answer is literally just "don't be upset."
He's not really breaking rules. A disruption is only because people feel disrupted, not that there was any actual disruption in using the site or fourms.
If you stop feeling disrupted, there's no disruption.

How long as "don't feed the trolls" been a rule? It's like Internet 101 here guys.

It IS a disruption, and a blatantly bannable one at that consdiering how much damage it is doing to the OFFICIAL FORUMS for the game. He is pushing all new, pertinent threads down and off the front page in order to fill the forum with old controversial threads that HE has decided he wants people to post in. It's becoming increasingly difficult to actually talk here about what's happening in the game NOW because of this. The forums are a dumpster fire right now and it's honestly unbelievable, even by SE's piss poor forum moderating standards, that nothing is being done. This guy is using level 80 accounts. He doesn't have an endless supply of them, so ban them as soon as they pop up and he will go away sooner or later. I've been reporting every single necro post I see him make and marking them as Trolling, and if everyone else that is being bothered by this did the same, maybe we'd see something done.

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Originally Posted by Espritduo

It IS a disruption, and a blatantly bannable one at that consdiering how much damage it is doing to the OFFICIAL FORUMS for the game. He is pushing all new, pertinent threads down and off the front page in order to fill the forum with old controversial threads that HE has decided he wants people to post in. It's becoming increasingly difficult to actually talk here about what's happening in the game NOW because of this. The forums are a dumpster fire right now and it's honestly unbelievable, even by SE's piss poor forum moderating standards, that nothing is being done. This guy is using level 80 accounts. He doesn't have an endless supply of them, so ban them as soon as they pop up and he will go away sooner or later. I've been reporting every single necro post I see him make and marking them as Trolling, and if everyone else that is being bothered by this did the same, maybe we'd see something done.

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I've also been putting in a report against this user every time I see a necro thread with their name on it.

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Originally Posted by Arngrim_Greyashe

I've also been putting in a report against this user every time I see a necro thread with their name on it.

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There are quite a few people doing this systematically. I guess we'll know within the next couple of weeks how good/bad the forum moderating is. He's been posting on 5-6 accounts so far. Helps to include all his account names in the reports.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

How long as "don't feed the trolls" been a rule? It's like Internet 101 here guys.

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And yet its the most Foreign concept ever

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Originally Posted by Canadane

To be fair, this is one of those situations where the answer is literally just "don't be upset."
He's not really breaking rules. A disruption is only because people feel disrupted, not that there was any actual disruption in using the site or fourms.
If you stop feeling disrupted, there's no disruption.

How long as "don't feed the trolls" been a rule? It's like Internet 101 here guys.

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How do you just "don't get upset", though? Let's be real here. Even if you posted nothing about it, acting as if you ignored it, he knows it disrupts other people, because getting upset about not being properly able to use something is natural, and you can't just "hide" it from the troll, because he still knows it bothers people and if people don't complain and nothing is done about it, he wins. But that's the issue in this situation. It's not just about the troll himself anymore, it's about the measures taken (or lack of them in this case). At this point is more about the frustration from the moderating team not doing something about it, when it's blatant. You can't be so blind to just say "he's not breaking the rules", because he is:

Posting a number of posts with the same content.
Posting aimed to create a negative impact on the community or its members.
Posting seeking to damage or disparage Square Enix, the forum, FINAL FANTASY XIV, or others.
Doing anything that obstructs the use of the forum or FINAL FANTASY XIV for other users.
Attempting to harm or obstruct the operation or use of this forum.

^Taken from FFXIV forum guidelines.

You can't just stop feeling disrupted. We're humans, not robots. That's like someone being in the middle of the road obstructing traffic and telling people to not get upset about it and just wait there waiting for the troll to just move along. Nah, you get the proper authorities to deal with them, but again, that's what is NOT happening here, which is the issue more than the troll himself.

This whole thing shows two possible scenarios.
1) The moderators are aware but not acting upon it for some reason, which is already bad on its own.
2) He's friends with moderators and getting a free pass, which I don't think I would have to explain why that's a bad thing.