block new users from resurrecting threads more than 6 months after their last post.

[Jonj1611]

I have thought that myself in other parts of the forum hence how I know that was there as I did wonder before why the forum said 5000 replies or something and there was only 1 post in it

[ik9000]

another necromancer here: https://forums.hexus.net/hexus-news/...ml#post4257391

[ik9000]

2 years 6 months out of date, but why let that stop you posting an irrelevant opinion when there's a thread necro opportunity to be had? (and soon to be spam links once they hit 5 posts no doubt)
https://forums.hexus.net/hexus-news/...ml#post4260121

(it's a giveaway when peterb has been posting in the thread!)

[g8ina]

Morning, what you have to remember is that Mods and Admins all have real lives We cannot be here 24/7 but we do pickup these when we log in. The one you mentioned had multiple entries at SFS (a forum spam tool we use) and has been banned

[Spreadie]

another necromancer here: https://forums.hexus.net/hexus-news/...ml#post4257391

2 years 6 months out of date, but why let that stop you posting an irrelevant opinion when there's a thread necro opportunity to be had? (and soon to be spam links once they hit 5 posts no doubt)
https://forums.hexus.net/hexus-news/...ml#post4260121

(it's a giveaway when peterb has been posting in the thread!)

Why post about it though? Just hit the report button, then your follow-up post won't look as silly when the necro-poster has been removed.

[DanceswithUnix]

Why post about it though? Just hit the report button, then your follow-up post won't look as silly when the necro-poster has been removed.

This is the sort of tedious task that you want a computer to do for you though, you shouldn't have to involve people in it.

Not as good as this suggestion, but looks like there might be a forum addon that could help. It would make people do more work to necro a thread and should stop new users posting through ignorance.

https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=266246

[ik9000]

Why post about it though? Just hit the report button, then your follow-up post won't look as silly when the necro-poster has been removed.

or we could implement a system which prevents them necro'ing threads and then noone has to report them, and the mods don't have to spend time looking into posts and manually removing them?

If we don't highlight the problem it won't get prioritised for an improvement.

[Spreadie]

or we could implement a system which prevents them necro'ing threads and then noone has to report them, and the mods don't have to spend time looking into posts and manually removing them?

If we don't highlight the problem it won't get prioritised for an improvement.

Reporting it is highlighting it.

[ik9000]

Reporting it is highlighting it.

not in a way where we (non mods) can see the frequency of the issue. If it's like other aspects of life things only get prioritised when someone makes enough of a fuss and can back it up with actual stats and evidence. So each time I get hacked off I put it in here. You don't have to read this thread if you don't want to.

FWITW I do report the posts too. But the people who deal with that are not the ones who can deal with the coding and block new users from resurrecting threads more than 6 months after their last post or similar, so there is a point to this.

[g8ina]

OK fyi, every day when all admin and mods log on, we check the Moderation queue. This is a queue of posts by (usually) new members who have not been recognised as pukka yet by the mysterious HEXUS AI. We often go thru 30-40 posts checking on content and date of OP if doing a reply. A lot of these get banned immediately, and you lot never even see it

Our preferred method for you guys to help us out is simply to report the post, adding a small comment as to why you are reporting. Necro, PCP (post count pimping), drivel, spam sales, etc. The then all fall to our beautiful ban hammer if warranted.

Ta

[ik9000]

OK fyi, every day when all admin and mods log on, we check the Moderation queue. This is a queue of posts by (usually) new members who have not been recognised as pukka yet by the mysterious HEXUS AI. We often go thru 30-40 posts checking on content and date of OP if doing a reply. A lot of these get banned immediately, and you lot never even see it

Our preferred method for you guys to help us out is simply to report the post, adding a small comment as to why you are reporting. Necro, PCP (post count pimping), drivel, spam sales, etc. The then all fall to our beautiful ban hammer if warranted.

Ta

but just imagine if that pile of posts could be reduced before you even had to do anything? wouldn't that be an improvement?

[g8ina]

Yes, but the system wont allow it as it stands afaik.

[ik9000]

Yes, but the system wont allow it as it stands afaik.

with respect people said that about a Dark Mode when we first raised it, but here we are with one in beta testing!

[ik9000]

another necro'd thread. You know it's old when the last post before today was the legendary Peterb https://forums.hexus.net/hexus-news/...lay-music.html

[ik9000]

another necro'd thread. You know it's old when the last post before today was the legendary Peterb https://forums.hexus.net/hexus-news/...lay-music.html

and the junk posts keep landing in that thread.

This is a useful app

A great first forum post in an obsolete thread.