Dear Devs: Please lock threads that are 3-6 months old without new responses.

[Bsrking5]

I fully support it. His very name is mocking the mods actions and decision. Might as well start let name shaming of devs at this point. Its the same as letting this continue.

[Iscah]

It's that I don't think this will do anything besides tie up people who didn't need it and do nothing to those that people were trying to tie up.

This. If threads are locked after three months, he'll bump three-month-old threads. And start them. And bump them with his next account. It's part of what he's already doing.

Selective locking of the threads he bumps (and where the previous post was made by his previous account) would be a start. Nobody wants to discuss it but he just keeps kicking it along.

[MonsutaMan]

I think entitled easily triggered people are annoying........But I don't think their voices should be shunned because there are a hundred "This Triggers Me" threads that are bumped and created daily......

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[ForteNightshade]

The obvious solution is to block the troll, not the threads.

There is value in being able to resurrect threads when appropriate.

As someone who moderated a hockey forum with over 25,000 members. I can count on one hand the amount of resurrected threads that weren't specifically to troll or simply not paying attention the dates. Obviously, a game forum differs but the same general rules apply. After a certain length of time, the topic just isn't relevant anymore.

[Jojoya]

I bring back up one of my suggestion threads every now and then for an item that's technically in the game that players can't get yet. I'm not gonna make a brand new post for the same thing over and over again. Speaking off, lemme go bump my old thread

Which you would still be able to do as long as you did it before the thread autolocked.

It also sounds like your thread would fit better into a consolidated thread about items that players would like to have added to the game. Such a thread would constantly be getting bumped and in no danger of getting locked, and you could continue to relay to ask for your item at intervals.

[Iscah]

Which you would still be able to do as long as you did it before the thread autolocked.

So people would start bumping their own threads every three months to keep them from auto-locking. Not everything needs to be posted about constantly.

[StriderShinryu]

I can think of legitimate reasons for old threads to be brought back to the front page. I can't think of a legitimate reason why the continuous, repeat, blatant troll shouldn't be banned from the forums for as long as they exist.

Frankly, the forums have been basically useless the past couple of weeks. I'm sure that's what the troll is aiming for but, then again, if the forums are so bad that no one at all even visits them the troll won't have anyone to be witness to their temper tantrums.

[Cidel]

^This. Single threads are infinitely more accessible and easier to gain info from than a thousand topics all talking about the same thing. Necro'ing & bumping topics that are still relevant topics to this day instead of making new ones should be encouraged, as long as discussion is relevant.

This is my biggest takeaway from this. Just look at all the Bluemage threads that were all dragged back. They all could have been condensed to one, maybe two threads, but people here frequently feel the need to forgo the effort of searching for an already existing thread (sometimes literally only a page or 2 beyond the first page of "New Posts") about a topic they want to discuss and just create their own thread. (Then again, maybe this is just their ego- their "I need to be post #1 on a topic so people see my opinion")

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-kidding-me%21
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...e-a-normal-job
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...change-my-mind.
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-turn-back-now
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...w-Limited-jobs

And that's not even all the BLU threads that were active at some point or another.

As for the person purposely seeking out and bumping long inactive threads, all these BLU threads are a testament that they're not looking to have an actual discussion on the topic; instead of bumping just one or 2 BLU threads to discuss it, they've gone with like 5. Unfortunately this seems to artfully avoid any moderator repercussions simply because I believe it's not explicitly against the forum rules and appears to at least provide on-topic comments when done so.

[Arrius]

So people would start bumping their own threads every three months to keep them from auto-locking. Not everything needs to be posted about constantly.

Tie their forum warnings/suspensions to their actual gaming account as well, that'll zip them up quickly.

[Kanitezz]

What if we all actually did not respond to said threads at all? I keep seeing people actually respond and engage with the necromancer. Even if its just saying "Hi" to them as a joke because you know who they are and what they are doing, isn't that still giving them what they want? It is NEVER going to happen I know, but WHAT IF... EVERYONE just completely ignored them?