Resurrection of old posts

I was thinking it might be nice if posts older then a set time (say one 1)yr could no longer be replied to. Users could still put a link to an old post if they felt it was applicable.to their post Just seems we get a lot of old posts being resurrected and many of us end up replying to old issues that sometimes have nothing to do with the post that resurrected them.

I am sure someone will freak out about this but it was just a quality of life thought put out for discussion.

For the life of me, I don't understand why anyone thinks this is a good idea.

If the new reply is about the same subject, what is harmed by renewing the old thread? Then, when future searches are done (which is probably how the new reply-er found the old thread), there will be one less thread to find.

And what do we have, a couple necro'd threads a week? Even if there were a QOL improvement, seems barely worth bothering about.

Not freaking out, I just see any "quality of life" improvement from it.

Not to mention the loss of chuckles from seeing if the latest necro thread set a record

Because very often a new thread would serve people better then an old thread that is likely out of date.

This pollutes search results. I have nothing against relevant thread necros.

Militant merging of threads with duplicate topics, on the other hand, is great. It really puts the hammer on the "my opinion is so important I'll hit new topic rather than reply to an existing discussion" crowd.

I disagree. I would much rather have all information in 1 thread. If that thread was started in 2013 so be it. It also gives some accountability to the Devs. If they said in 2014 that they were going to fix a particular bug and it is 2022 and that bug is still not fixed, Don't you think that should be asked about?

A new thread never serves anyone better. it is always much better to have all the information in 1 place. IMO.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with posting in an old thread. If this upsets you for some bizarre reason, the problem is you.

I agree mostly, but the word "never" is really a step too far. Older posts can help give greater context to issues. It also doesn't need to be viewed as a "gotcha" moment for devs.

We agree to disagree then. IMO there is no need to have information in 2 different threads. Then it becomes 3 threads, then 4 and so on. Then people don't know which thread to look at or reply to.

I never aid anything about a gotcha moment. I did talk about accountability.

I like seeing the hunter threads bumped still, pretty much everything is still relevant but occasionally someone has a question about a particular mob and it's fun to go back and re-read through some of the struggles we dealt with.

I particularly like the necro'd threads in Player Support.

Yeah, it's like 15 years later, 4 versions of Windows have come and gone, 16 EQ expansions, 3 silicon evolutions, but someone has EXACTLY the same problem today as that old necro'd thread!

NOT!

I have learned a lot from old necro threads. It looks like others find them helpful also and sometimes a new fix is mentioned that helps or there is info in the old thread that was overlooked.

Its no skin off your nose so why bother about it? It would be better to educate players on how to look for the dates on the posts rather than have someone hired to go thru and pick and chose what they feel is an "old" post.

Please no volunteers, we all know not a single one of us can be neutral about things on the forums, not even he who shall not be named who has not "Been" heard from all week.

dibs necroing this thread in a year

You weren't wrong.

Alright if I make a reminder for this? I like the idea.

I called dibs!

Edit: How about adding a warning graphic to a post title that hasn't been replied to in over a year so people can see from the start it is a necro post. Just a little red triangle with an exclamation point at the top left corner similar to how you can see your own avatar on the bottom right of a post you have replied in.

Alright so it ok if i go yrs back and just reply to something that interests me? i can see on something like post about hunters and stuff but other stuff dont need to be renewed!

Necro's suck!

Alright, so now we need to not allow necros, except in certain cases. Who codes/moderates and decides?

Seriously, who GAF? Let people necro away, it's not harming anything.

Or someone can just post a new thread, there is no need to necro threads from years ago that are no longer relevant.