Originally Posted by Joellie Lol well yeah i know reviving old old ones is annoying, but if theres a plan to lock all the old ones that havent been posted in in a certain amount of time, people cant say 'we already had a thread about this stop asking again' if you know what i mean.
If you're asking a question, then use this brilliant SEARCH TOOL on the left side of the website. If you care to contribute to a topic, and it's already over a month old, then bring it up. If you know the topic already existed, then curiously make note of the fact that you didn't want to revive the old topic. People are a little more friendly here, then everyone seems to think. We just hate revived topics.
Its nothing to do with me lol i dont feel the need to dig up old posts, but im just saying, the locking of the old ones is a good idea as long as no one complains if someone brings the same topic up. Everyone has questions and if theyre not answered in the first thread about them then they would naturally ask in that thread, but if its closed, theyd have to ask the same topic but in a new thread. If you get me, im not rocking the boat im just saying in general, its a good idea as long as people can handle people making new threads.
I don't really see what others hate about it. Personally, I prefer seeing people revive a dead topic than ask a question that's been asked 2 months ago.
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Originally Posted by Muz [AFK] I don't really see what others hate about it. Personally, I prefer seeing people revive a dead topic than ask a question that's been asked 2 months ago.
Yea, that's what I think. I'd rather someone continued an old thread than started a new one. That way some things are already pointed out, so there's less to deal with. Old thread revival complaints bug me more than old thread revivals themselves.
It never bothered me with dead topic revival. Actually I'm much more irritated by the people yelling "NECRO-POSTER!!11" "omg tish is teh old!!" like they made themselves look so much better.
Originally Posted by Joellie Lol well yeah i know reviving old old ones is annoying, but if theres a plan to lock all the old ones that havent been posted in in a certain amount of time, people cant say 'we already had a thread about this stop asking again' if you know what i mean.
Just my thought on it.
Exactly, you can't win with it.
I don't think people should try to continue a conversation in a topic that died 5 years ago. The chances are most of the members involved have already left anyway.
The reason people tell others not to keep asking questions is because the topic might exist with the question already answered.
But in my opinion people shouldn't get arsey with new members asking blatantly obvious questions. Because in most cases it's only obvious if you know the answer.
A good example would be someone asking how to make a character collide with a backdrop using the built in platform movement.
Reviving old topics is fine, so long as the poster is posting something useful/related to the topic.
In the case of the recent revived topics, the user posted spam and pointless posts - which are not allowed, whether they're in a new or old topic.
If an old topic is revived with a pointless/unrelated post, then I will lock that topic (as long as it is clear that nobody else wants to contribute to that topic). The user in question will then be warned, and if they continue they will be silenced for a week (they won't be able to post forum posts).
The suggestion of locking old topics automatically was suggested a while ago, but we're never going to do that (I don't think any forums on the internet do that, so I see no reason for us to do it). I think it would also cause more problems than before anyway, so it'll be staying like this. It's very rare for old topics to be revived anyway, so I don't know why everyone is getting worked up (especially as it was just one user who thought it'd be funny to revive these topics - he has been silenced now though).
I agree. I just didnt think it was necessary to lock them. Also andy: yes the question of the main poster may have been answered but what about if a new memeber has a question about the answer given or about something else thats related to the main topic? itd be much more trouble having to repeat all the answers to the first one plus elaborate for the new memeber on their new one.
I think the trouble is that people get annoyed far too easily. If someone asks a genuine question that has already been answered they'll most likely get a sarcastic response or be told to learn to use the search function. (it's also met with grammar nazis if they misspell something)
Having to rewrite previous answers isn't all that bad in my opinion.
It was actually 2 users in a single week(see original post). And They aren't that rare. also other forums DO do it. It's called auto pruning. Except they delete the entire thread. This would leave the thread intact for anyone searching for an answer.
I think maybe if the thread is REALLY old it should be closed but i really dont see any problems with revivals, either way people will be moaning if they open it or moaning that they're repeating a question (because they didnt understand the answers given in the locked thread)
Its really not that big of a deal when someone reopens a thread.
I was a bit annoyed when I read Brandon's huge post in his bumped topic only to find it was about 4 years old. But that is partly my own fault for not reading the date on the post.
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That way some things are already pointed out, so there's less to deal with. 
