Necroposting...

Trident · Post by **Trident** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 11:02 pm

WOT was set to auto-prune two-day old posts, right? Why not do that with some of the other popular forums as well? (I'm thinking General Anime in particular).

Just a thought.

Trident · Post by **Trident** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 11:04 pm

*slaps forehead* In case you didn't figure this out by the thread name, this should cut back on necroposters...

(Edit buttons would also be nice for people like me who accidentally forget to put things in their first posts...)

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 11:59 pm

Because the other forums actually contain usefull information.

Trident · Post by **Trident** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:08 am

Some, yes. But anyone who visits General Anime on a regular basis will see a plethora of almost identical threads ("What the heck does FLCL mean," for instance, or "Which bad guy is the baddest?") I'm not saying those threads should disappear completely, despite their redundant tendencies. But since GA tends to be another popular category which tends to get necroposted occasionally, maybe it should be set on auto-prune. *shrug* It's just a suggestion. Phade can do whatever he wants with it.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:39 am

Can threads be combined the way they're cut into sections? If so, then it should be possible to get a volunteer or two who would go through GA and categorize similar topics so there are fewer (at least half) repeating threads.

I think necroposting there is better than starting a new thread each time, and if all of the 'sexy anime females' threads were one thread, people could just revive it and add on instead of making a dozen new ones. In this case, I'm more for the necroposting than having 50+ threads on the same subject because people can't add onto the old ones (for fear of anti-necroposting attack).