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Old 01-26-2008, 09:26 PM   #11
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I protest the necroposting rule.

Firstly, your forums still display threads that are months old.

If you really want to stop necro-posting I suggest you prune your forums.

Otherwise its unfair to expect people not to post in them. Exspecially in some forums where the difference between yesterday and a month ago is not apparent, and is only a minor difference in "02" and "01."

I suggest you revise your rules, or revise your board system. This rule in particular is set for failure unless you do something about the threads people can visibly see.
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Old 01-26-2008, 09:31 PM   #12
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Nothing is set in stone, really.

and what do you guys hate about the necroposting rule? The infraction, the time limit, or the whole thing?
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Old 01-26-2008, 09:35 PM   #13
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i dont see anything wrong with the rules. But maybe you can add Necroposting a 1 month+ topic will not be penalized if the topic is active as in ppl posts there often
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Old 01-26-2008, 09:38 PM   #14
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Well its based off of the last post. It doesn't hurt to check out the date on a post, to make sure you aren't necroposting.
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Old 01-26-2008, 09:38 PM   #15
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I don't see why they hate it. Just look at the dates. Not that hard @_@
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Old 01-26-2008, 09:38 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Rightclaw View Post
Nothing is set in stone, really.

and what do you guys hate about the necroposting rule? The infraction, the time limit, or the whole thing?
Oh, OK, if the infractions automatically drop in 10 days then it shouldn't be an issue since the PM and infraction should cause me to be a little more cautious for at least that long, but it still would seem to equate more to the other offenses and penalties if there was a 1st warning, 2nd warning, third strike your out on the necro issue since it really is a lesser offense that some of the others.
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Old 01-26-2008, 09:41 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by A_Forever View Post
I don't see why they hate it. Just look at the dates. Not that hard @_@
I think it's very hard for some people o.O
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Old 01-26-2008, 09:44 PM   #18
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Can't you just program the board to autolock old threads after a specific time period?
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Old 01-26-2008, 09:53 PM   #19
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Can't you just program the board to autolock old threads after a specific time period?
There is no need to.

The board administrators have the option of changing the default display settings of a forum.

They can change the "Display post's since the beginning" to limit it to "display posts up to a month old."

What this does - is if the topic is not posted in within a month, it still exists in the board archives, just not visible to the average joe unless he changes the display settings of the board (at the bottom of the forum.)

This prevents mistakes when it comes to necroposting.

Adding a rule that punishes the user for necroposting on forums where it can be unclear whether or not the topic is active (class-related forums where not much volume in terms of posting is seen), is just downright setting yourself up for failure.

This isn't a "superly" active forum where old threads get pushed to the second page of the forum within a matter of day's... So you cant expect a necroposting rule such as the one proposed to make any sense in any sort of way.


If this were a really active forum where threads got pushed to the second page after a day or week of inactivity because of volume - then the necroposting rule makes complete sense as you need to physically go to the second page to be able to post on the old topic...

The only way this necroposting rule makes any sort of sense is if you somehow make it such that work is actually needed to find the old thread to post on

This is achieved as I said previously by changing the default forum display settings from "display from the beginning" to "display up until 1 month." This is a vBulletin board so its completely possible.
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Old 01-26-2008, 09:55 PM   #20
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