Does Final Fantasy have one of the nicest MMO communities?

[RobynDaBank]

There are actually quite a few threads that are 10 years old that regularly make the front page such as, "Show Me Your Roe" and other such similar threads. The age of a thread only matters when it's with regards to a hyper specific topic like a recent patch or a contest or old seasonal event.

By your own logic, everyone should stop posting in the threads that are 10 years old simply because they contain old posts.

I mean that's twisting the definition a bit. The lasts posts in this thread are 10 years old, not just the OP. "Show Your" threads are consistently active.

[Mcg55ss]

coming from WoW it has a nicer community, but there is no "perfect" community. i would say it is better than WoW from what i have experienced but that is a REALLY REALLY REALLY low bar to climb over. Definitely more helpful to newer players tho.

[Ardeth]

I personally noticed it to be one of the worst communities to be honest...

Honestly when it is to me it's when I'm new to something. For whatever reason explaining mechanics to newbies is seen as toxic by some. So it's real trial by fire. Which is fine. I eventually figure it out. But when I get that toxic jerk that feels the need to make me feel inferior for being new to something it stings way more than it should. I'm an adult and most things people say to me just rolls off, but something about this community. They really have mastered that passive aggressive toxicity.

[Vyrerus]

I mean that's twisting the definition a bit. The lasts posts in this thread are 10 years old, not just the OP. "Show Your" threads are consistently active.

Alright Ms. Robyn, so what is the explicit cut off on thread activity time? 9 years? 1 year? 1 month? 1 week? All threads go some measure of time with inactivity. Either way they are left to fill the pages of this forum, where they are forever accessible to all active accounts unless locked/deleted by a moderator.

There is nothing in the rules beyond the nebulous, "Do not make a simple post to simply "bump" a thread." With no distinguishing what qualifies for, "Simple Post" nor what constitutes, "Simply "bump.""

Outside of General Discussion, there are tons of subforums that receive almost no attention or activity for years, but the rules do not change. Would it be wrong to respond to any of those threads, to see if perhaps the person who made them OR someone related to them in some fashion(think FCmates) would respond? Or to see if you could rekindle people's interest in some-odd year old topics?

Why is it considered an issue to bring up old threads? People bring up others old posts all the time individually in current discussions as gotchas, so what's so bad about bringing up old threads?

[Raoabolic]

Why is it considered an issue to bring up old threads? People bring up others old posts all the time individually in current discussions as gotchas, so what's so bad about bringing up old threads?

Listen, it's hard to bury history when all these pesky "facts" and "evidence" are out in the open. How do you know that the Devil didn't create this thread 1000 years ago just to trick us!?