Thread necromancy

[ccs]

So what's with all these "Do you ______" threads from 2006 being dug up?

Is it possible to set some limit where a thread will just be auto-locked? That way you can dig it up & read it if you like, even link to it if its somehow relevant. But you can't reply.

 

[Jacob Lewis]

What! No poll? I was fully prepared to cast most vote answering the question "Do you practice thread necromancy?"

 

[CubicsRube]

Honestly it bugs me. If a post is a few years old, then start a new one.

Dont know why but it irks me reviving old threads. Id like it if we could lock out threads that have been inactive for a while

 

[CubicsRube]

And it looks like its been the same member that has dug up every one. Why? I don't know

 

[UngainlyTitan]

And it looks like its been the same member that has dug up every one. Why? I don't know

Time traveller

 

[Imaculata]

Sometimes old threads get revived and I don't mind at all. Such as our endless random encounter thread.

 

[Morrus]

We don’t have a rule about replying to old threads. I don’t see any harm in it myself.

 

[Blue]

Is it possible to set some limit where a thread will just be auto-locked? That way you can dig it up & read it if you like, even link to it if its somehow relevant. But you can't reply.

I asked in the Meta forum if there can be a way to highlight that a thread is old for this reason, but I wouldn't want to lock it. For example we have character guides that were started when 5e came out and still have active discussion.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

We don’t have a rule about replying to old threads. I don’t see any harm in it myself.

Plus, some Old Ones lie moribund and forgotten...but when revived, show that they have continued relevance. Like the one about The Forest Oracle.

 

[andyzone]

I don't mind old threads getting revived at all. Nothing wrong with that. Saves you from making a new one.