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

[ICountFrom0]

How about no?

Culturally this board seems to prefer the bumping of old topics and merging of topics over the creation of new topics.

There is no desire to answer every question all over again every 6 months.

[Espritduo]

How about no?

Culturally this board seems to prefer the bumping of old topics and merging of topics over the creation of new topics.

There is no desire to answer every question all over again every 6 months.

If by "this board" you mean "one guy" then you are correct. The rest of us don't like it one bit.

[MariaArvana]

If by "this board" you mean "one guy" then you are correct. The rest of us don't like it one bit.

They're probably referring to what Square's preferred methodology regarding how they want people to use the forums is, which he is correct on.

Yoshi-P has stated numerous times across LiveLetters that tons of individual topics spread out are more likely to be ignored by dev feedback than single, huge threads where all information can be easily compiled instead of having the people in charge of compiling community opinion/criticisms/etc chase down hundreds of topics to compile information. With that in mind, necro'ing & posting in older topics if they have relevant discussion to add is precisely what the devs want people to be doing.

That being said, that one guy basically never contributes anything to the threads he bumps, so that'd be a different topic to argue.

[Daeriion_Aeradiir]

They're probably referring to what Square's preferred methodology regarding how they want people to use the forums is, which he is correct on.

Yoshi-P has stated numerous times across LiveLetters that tons of individual topics spread out are more likely to be ignored by dev feedback than single, huge threads where all information can be easily compiled instead of having the people in charge of compiling community opinion/criticisms/etc chase down hundreds of topics to compile information. With that in mind, necro'ing & posting in older topics if they have relevant discussion to add is precisely what the devs want people to be doing.

That being said, that one guy basically never contributes anything to the threads he bumps, so that'd be a different topic to argue.

^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.

[Deceptus]

^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.

I'm all for Mega-Threads but after 3/6 months of inactivity the discussion clearly isn't relevant anymore.

[Daeriion_Aeradiir]

I'm all for Mega-Threads but after 3/6 months of inactivity the discussion clearly isn't relevant anymore.

And then they release a new item on the mogstation and yet another new redundant thread about why Square is the manifestation of all evil springs up when there's like 10+ topics about the mogstation and all the exact same points from the last 10 times the topic was made get regurgitated.

Plenty of topics can be far older than 6 months and still have relevancy based on new information that is suppled well after the topic concluded its lifespan at the time. Also see the trillion hrothgar/Viera threads that would be infinitely more useful being condensed to a mega thread and is a constant relevant topic, even if it is only brought to the forefront of discussion whenever something is released that excludes them.

Mega-threads are definitely the win-win for both devs and forum goers, but villifying necroing threads if there's relevant discussion to be added is kinda counter-productive when its literally the intent of the developers behind how the forum should be used in their eyes.