PSA: Beware of the Necro Threads

[NanaWiloh]

I am just looking at thread replies now. If its one of his alts that made the last reply I dont even open the thread.

[EaMett]

The sad part in all this is that we have to put up with the troll necroing half the forum. But when I make a post in that "There's a difference between speedrunning and being rude." thread explaining that the OP might just not see it in the same light and that the tank could very well have wanted to help him/her get to the boss faster without having to run through a third of the instance.. I get my post removed within hours... I can't even think of what would even prompt them to remove that post... I don't know anymore.

[Mhaeric]

The sad part in all this is that we have to put up with the troll necroing half the forum. But when I make a post in that "There's a difference between speedrunning and being rude." thread explaining that the OP might just not see it in the same light and that the tank could very well have wanted to help him/her get to the boss faster without having to run through a third of the instance.. I get my post removed within hours... I can't even think of what would even prompt them to remove that post... I don't know anymore.

If you're not banned and one of your posts was removed then you probably quoted a post that did get banned or your post was specific enough to not make any sense without the context of a removed banned post.

[EaMett]

If you're not banned and one of your posts was removed then you probably quoted a post that did get banned or your post was specific enough to not make any sense without the context of a removed banned post.

The post I quoted did indeed get removed, but I don't remember it being anything worthy of being removed. Also, my comment could have stood by itself within the thread.

Anyways, it doesn't really matter, I'm just a little sad that we have some mod presence but necro is still here polluting the forum.

[Iscah]

Yeah, if a post gets deleted then they'll also delete everything that chains on from it, no matter how inoffensive. It's systematic (if not automated) and there doesn't seem to be any judgement of the post contents involved.

The worst is when you write a long post replying to ten different people and one of those quoted posts gets modded. Goodbye everything. :/

[Iscah]

Oh no I've seen it.
It doesn't seem to bother me when I check the most recent posts. It's not filling entire pages. It seems to barely register on my radar.
If there's something to chat about in those topics still I'll open them. But if not, I'm not filled with unbecoming rage over the fact it exists. I just continue my eyeballs down until I find something I'd like to talk about.

The thing is, yes you can ignore it. Yes you can skim over to the next post. But it still takes more mental effort to do so. It's like someone deliberately dropping rocks on a path - you can still walk down it but you're going to have to watch where you step the whole time.

It's also the intent. The constant revival of negative posts and arguments. Already the forum tends towards these sort of posts but they build up over months, and now all of them have been pushed back up at once.

(To repeat myself, though I lose track of which thread I wrote it in - I am fine with old threads reappearing in general, especially if the discussion is interesting, and I appreciate that forums let you read back through all the old conversation before joining in. Building on an existing thread is better than starting over and having to repeat it! But most of these threads aren't being brought up to discuss them again, just to get in the way - and that makes people less likely to want to engage in them even if the topic would be interesting.)

Additionally, it's tiring having to second-guess every new poster's intent.

[Bsrking5]

Another account has reared its ugly head. Be aware. This one is a lalafell.

I have noticed this too.
The weekend is over and hopefully the CM send all of them to shadow realm.

[LaylaTsarra]

These accounts need to be banned and action needs to be taken against his actual FF account which at this point in my opinion needs a perma ban. Purposely trying to disrupt the General Discussion forums should not be tolerated and it appears banning any specific account here doesn't do much good given he/she just creates another to do the same thing.

Gotten to the point where I don't spend much time here anymore. It's not worth having to sift though his bumped threads ad nauseum.

[Solarra]

I am now checking the post date on every thread before I click, because so much on the front page recently has been old threads.
I used to enjoy coming here and reading about current topics and participating in current debates, but recently it's been dispiriting. I'm not enjoying seeing the front page flooded with old topics and I'm not enjoying the extra effort I need to make to avoid getting sucked into this strange little game. This is just killing all enjoyment of the forum for me.

[Luna-M]

These accounts need to be banned and action needs to be taken against his actual FF account which at this point in my opinion needs a perma ban. Purposely trying to disrupt the General Discussion forums should not be tolerated and it appears banning any specific account here doesn't do much good given he/she just creates another to do the same thing.

Gotten to the point where I don't spend much time here anymore. It's not worth having to sift though his bumped threads ad nauseum.

Ban a in-game account due to trolling on OF seem little over-reactionary, maybe just me. But I think the making of new accounts and trolling has to stop but seem bit much to take action on in-game account if he/she isn't breaking any TOS.