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[Fiery Phoenix]

Sorry if this has been brought up. I don't mean to troll, but as of late, crazy amounts of 3-6-month old threads have been bumped. I keep seeing this everyday. Literally, everyday. Is there anything you guys can do to stop (or at least reduce) this? I don't think people will listen. It seems like the majority ignore new /present threads and go for dead ones and bring them back up on the first page. Worse yet, other people don't even realize these threads are probably older than their accounts, and so they continue blabbering up.

I really like this forum and fully respect everyone who's part of it, but sometimes you just feel compelled to face a problem. And if I didn't care I wouldn't have bothered making this thread.

Modifié par FieryPhoenix7, 02 juillet 2010 - 01:45 .

[Mister Mida]

I don't see the problem. If a thread about a certain topic is already been made, why bother making a new one?

[Fiery Phoenix]

Mister Mida wrote...

I don't see the problem. If a thread about a certain topic is already been made, why bother making a new one?

It's not a problem in the literal sense, but it's generally not a good idea to bring a 5-month old thread back to life, especially if the thread doesn't serve any further purpose anymore. I don't know how to explain it, really, but if you've posted on other forums before, you'll understand what I mean.

[Arlana Tabris]

It's probably due to the fact that the search function provides the oldest results instead of the newest.

However, in case of the technical support forum for example, I think it is good to show people old threads which provide solutions to their problems. Some have been stickied, but some got lost in the amount of new threads created.

Modifié par Arlana Tabris, 02 juillet 2010 - 03:41 .

[Snoteye]

It's a double-edged sword. A lot of those threads also contain blatantly wrong information (five months is a long time).

[Arlana Tabris]

I agree that most of the old threads don't serve a purpose anymore and a lot may contain wrong information, but still it's good that people use the search function and read the stickies and other already existing topics before starting yet another thread asking the same questions. Just my two cents.

[Fiery Phoenix]

Arlana Tabris wrote...

I agree that most of the old threads don't serve a purpose anymore and a lot may contain wrong information, but still it's good that people use the search function and read the stickies and other already existing topics before starting yet another thread asking the same questions. Just my two cents.

Oh, it's definitely good for people to read old threads. Notice that I said READ, not post and revive.

[Arlana Tabris]

FieryPhoenix7 wrote...
Oh, it's definitely good for people to read old threads. Notice that I said READ, not post and revive.

Only if they know those threads exist. Currently the search provides only 51 oldest entries.  If there are more threads on the same topic they won't show. Also, as far as I know, the search only works on thread titles and doesn't search the posts for specific words, which makes looking for information even more difficult.  And it's impossible to go through hundreds of pages of the forums. Of course you could use other search engines, but it may not provide the information you seek. The DA forums also went though some major changes and some threads have not been moved to the proper forums yet (fanart for example). Not to mention the fact that some people post threads or search for information in the wrong forums to begin with.

I agree that bumping a thread which was a general discussion, just to say "bump" or post something which has no connection to the topic is a bad idea and shouldn't be done. I also have seen a lot of such cases.
However, new members may want to continue discussing some aspect of the game which has been discussed in the past. Of course, they could make a new thread, but it may end up being a repetition of the old ideas and themes and not a continuation.
Furthermore, posting a "thank you" in an old thread that helped someone with a technical problem may direct other people with the same problem more quickly to the solution.

What I'm trying to say is that everything depends on the nature of the thread and what has been posted after such a long time.

[mousestalker]

As long as pertains to the original topic, I don't see a problem.



The problem with a fair amount of the thread necromancy has been the spam.

[Loerwyn]

mousestalker wrote...
As long as pertains to the original topic, I don't see a problem.
The problem with a fair amount of the thread necromancy has been the spam.

I agree with this. If you're bumping an old topic, say a bug relating to Mass Effect 2, and you're saying "I have this problem, the fix in this post doesn't work, what's going wrong?" then there should be no problem. The bigger problems are completely pointless posts that say "I agree with this" or "lol ur rong nub" as they contribute a grand total of nothing to an existing (and potentially finished) debate.

I don't think that anything can really be done about it except to fix the search function so it lists newest topics first automatically, as that would allow many of the older topics to die a dignified death. One thing that might be useful is perhaps an auto lock feature after X months of inactivity (8 months, maybe?) with topics posted in by BioWare employees perhaps being exempt from expiration. Well, either way, a lock function would probably cause more problems than it'd solve.

[mrmike_1949]

FieryPhoenix7 wrote...

Sorry if this has been brought up. I don't mean to troll, but as of late, crazy amounts of 3-6-month old threads have been bumped. I keep seeing this everyday. Literally, everyday. Is there anything you guys can do to stop (or at least reduce) this? I don't think people will listen. It seems like the majority ignore new /present threads and go for dead ones and bring them back up on the first page. Worse yet, other people don't even realize these threads are probably older than their accounts, and so they continue blabbering up.

I really like this forum and fully respect everyone who's part of it, but sometimes you just feel compelled to face a problem. And if I didn't care I wouldn't have bothered making this thread.

A BIG part of the cause of that is the tendancy of the moderators to lock down "duplicate" threads - they seem to want people to keep posting to older threads containing humdreds of posts already, rather than start a new thread. Happens time and time again!

[Arlana Tabris]

Threads are closed if they break the rules (contain insults, spam or are off-topic) or if there are more than one on the same topic at the same time. If there is one popular thread, why start three more about the same thing?

[Fiery Phoenix]

Arlana Tabris wrote...

Threads are closed if they break the rules (contain insults, spam or are off-topic) or if there are more than one on the same topic at the same time. If there is one popular thread, why start three more about the same thing?

You know, I'm not the only one who's against the idea.

[Arlana Tabris]

As I (and other people) have already said it really depends on what is the content of the thread in question. Some are pointless bumps and some are just a way to show people solutions to their problems or a continuation of a discussion. Should all be automatically closed or maybe just on a case-by-case basis?