How do you regard the NECROBUMPING of old threads on WP?

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20 Sep 2015, 4:01 am

I think it is mostly ok under certain circumstances

tetris wrote:

I think it depends. Sometimes it's fine as they add to what's already said, other times it's just annoying. There was once a few months back that a poster posted the same thing on 5+ maybe 10 threads about the same topic, there is no need for that.

I agree!
Before opening a new thread is better to use the function "search"otherwise it happens that some discussions "are lost in time like tears in rain"

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20 Sep 2015, 5:27 am

Rockymtnchris wrote:

I've gone to look for a thread on one particular subject and often have found up to five or six different ones. I think I would prefer to see necrobumping on the original thread as much as possible so all the topic information stays in one place.

sometimes it may seem that with at least some aspies here, trying to herd us into one thread topic and only one, is like trying to herd cats. :cat:

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20 Sep 2015, 6:24 am

... :-)

auntblabby wrote:

Rockymtnchris wrote:

sometimes it may seem that with at least some aspies here, trying to herd us into one thread topic and only one, is like trying to herd cats. :cat:

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20 Sep 2015, 4:58 pm

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@Pepe I don't like it and no amount of words will change that.

lol...
I'm not trying to change your mind...
"The heart wants what the heart wants..." :wink:

"Whatever floats your boat"...
"Whatever bakes your cookies"...

I am simply clarifying my own thoughts with my own rational arguments...
I am simply providing an insight from another perspective...
Simples...

I'm not like most people...
I cringe at having "power" over others...
Don't want the responsibility...
I will defend my own turf, however...
People sometimes confuse the two...

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20 Sep 2015, 5:14 pm

auntblabby wrote:

I firmly believe that with some shaking and waving around, old threads can and should be reanimated from time to time because they are still pertinent. :idea:

My personal preference is to have a freshly baked thread...
Not one which has been in cryonic suspension...
Easier to follow and easier to be relevant...
"To be or not to be" (relevant)..."*That* is the question..."

Reading thru pages of responses first can be tedious...

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21 Sep 2015, 10:28 am

It´s definitely OK, if thoughts can be added.

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24 Sep 2015, 12:38 pm

If we got rid of the terrible "suggested posts" feature, then there probably wouldn't be too much of a problem.

I do think it's usually better to make a new thread. I see the case for automatic locking after a period of time, but sometimes it is acceptable to necro (e.g. if you are posting something genuinely relevant and are aware that it is an old thread) and I wouldn't want to stop that.

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24 Sep 2015, 2:32 pm

The_Walrus wrote:

Some people (waves hand) like the suggested posts feature. BUT, it would be nice if it simply had a date filter added. Problem is, do you use the date the thread was created or last updated? Pretty sure the latter is effectively what is in place now & the former would block long running but still active threads like "introduce yourself". I guess the old joke applies if you don't like the 'suggested posts' feature (Patient: "Doc, my arm hurts when I do like this" Doctor: "Don't do like that!")

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24 Sep 2015, 5:29 pm

I like "similar topics" also :thumright:

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25 Sep 2015, 11:46 am

None of this on here is real anyway, so to me the date of a thread is irrelevant.

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25 Sep 2015, 5:54 pm

auntblabby wrote:

I like "similar topics" also :thumright:

I hope it is kept.
I have discovered topics that never occurred to me and that benefited me, through that feature.

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25 Sep 2015, 6:24 pm

slave wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

I like "similar topics" also :thumright:

I hope it is kept.
I have discovered topics that never occurred to me and that benefited me, through that feature.

Me too. I really appreciate that feature.

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27 Sep 2015, 5:21 pm

Edenthiel wrote:

I guess the old joke applies if you don't like the 'suggested posts' feature (Patient: "Doc, my arm hurts when I do like this" Doctor: "Don't do like that!")

Well yes, but it has massively increased the amount of necroing.

It seems most people like it despite that though.

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27 Sep 2015, 5:40 pm

it's all good

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28 Sep 2015, 1:30 am

I think alot of the people doing it don't know that the tread is that old. Me & lots of members don't look at the dates of threads. I think there should be a big notification letting members know that the thread is older than a certain age.

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