I noticed recently a few posts turning up on otherwise solved or old (more than 6 months) threads.
Is it not possible to prevent anyone from adding to threads more than a certain length of time old, or solved?
I do sometimes look at solved or old threads to glean information, but new posters are not very likeley to get replies or help if they post there, thus maybe turning them away from this otherwise amazing site!
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Jump to PostI'd prefer a way to split the thread, so the new reply will become a new question.
Jump to PostSome questions are timeless. I personally don't mind a thread bump of a solved problem if the poster bumping has something valuable to add. "Valuable" is subjective of course, but that is true of all posts. The pop-up saying that this is an old or solved thread is a good …
Jump to PostEver since I first saw people complaining about resurrecting an old thread, I've always felt that that the obvious solution is to modify how the age of a post is displayed. As it appears now, there's very little difference at a glance between "4 Hours Ago" and "4 Years Ago."
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Jump to PostThe reason why bumping and necroposting is not a concern of mine is because 99% of our traffic comes directly to individual threads from Google search results. People come in, and land on a forum thread, and want to see everything related right there on that page, regardless of how …
Jump to PostA pop up, or alert box "Are you blind you donut, can you not see the thread is long dead!" Maybe?
We already have a large notice above the message box, and I don't want to prevent bumping old threads altogether. A larger notice would make no difference.
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