PSA: Beware of the Necro Threads

[Edax]

It looks like the culprit has been banned and all his posts and threads removed.

[RagingStallion]

Very timely reminder in these dark times

[xxmiamorecadenza]

Very timely reminder in these dark times

I’m just happy he’s finally been defeated.

[Edax]

I understand the irony of necroing this thread, but it looks like our old friend is back to his old tricks and the PSA may be needed again.

[Nestama]

For real. Seven threads currently have the same person as their latest responder (who looks suspiciously, and there surely can't be a connection no way at all, like Raging Stallion).

[Iscah]

Seven threads today, and many more over the past few days.

Are the moderators' hands really so tied that they can't do anything about this? It has to fall under the guidelines against "posting aimed to create a negative impact on the community or its members" and "obstruct[ing] the operation or use of this forum" by way of crowding out actual discussion. Not to mention the straightforward forum rule about not making a post just to bump a thread.

[Cyreil]

They have time to remove threads made directly about them. I am going to assume that they are following some strict policies from their bosses in how they handle the forums. ToS are always worded in ways that leave them up to be interpreted how they want. If the necroed threads generate continued discussion, that's on everyone who post in them and don't read the date on them first.

The moderators are here.

[AlphaFox]

Personally don't see why old threads, or ones that reach a certain age (say 1 month of no activity) are just auto-locked. The most active ones will probably never reach that age anyway and the ones that do, well the discussion was obviously done.

[Jojoya]

Personally don't see why old threads, or ones that reach a certain age (say 1 month of no activity) are just auto-locked. The most active ones will probably never reach that age anyway and the ones that do, well the discussion was obviously done.

One month seems a little restrictive considering some issues need more time for resolution. I'd probably suggest 3-6 months.

But certainly there should be an auto-lock at some point. Reviving 5 year dead threads can start invalid information circulating.

[Canadane]

I don't see the problem with continuing an old topic if there's still something to add.
Locking old topics just because there's been no posts for a while seems very strange to me.