Idea to Prevent Grave Digging

[Doomblade94 50]

We've all done it, and we've all seen others do it; players posting new replies in threads that have been inactive for x amount of time. It's heavily frowned upon in all communities and they all have that problem. I've looked around on the forums here and haven't seen this suggestion made, so I thought I'd just throw it out there for consideration on how to prevent grave digging in the future.

Suggestion: Auto Lock

Implement some coding that monitors the number of days since the last post in any given thread. When a certain number of days is passed, the thread is automatically locked.

Again, I'm just throwing this idea out there because I haven't seen it suggested yet and think it might be a little food for thought. If you don't like this idea I understand. If this idea HAS been suggested before, I'd like to just put it out for the record that I did several advanced searches for the SnQ board with the following key words:

lock threads, auto lock threads, autolock, dead threads, old threads, necro posting, gravedigging.

[Fluxy 1,660]

I like this idea but I think it would best be used for intro threads.

Is there any way we can auto lock intro threads after a week?

[Lewis 1,276]

Tbh could work with all threads. Just make the time limit longer in other sections.

No need for any thread in the forums to be re bumped, say, 1 year later.

[Iszuka™ 10]

Forgive me for being blind/ignorant, but why is this a problem?

If a topic is relevant and already has a lot of useful replies, why should a new thread be made just because the old one is X days old?

I understand it's frowned upon and it's always been basic forum netiquette, but why? Why is it frowned upon to bring a thread back to life?

No need for any thread in the forums to be re bumped, say, 1 year later.

Okay this I can understand. A lot can change in a year and I think it's safe to say a new thread would be warranted after a whole year's passed.

[Daffy Duck 155]

Forgive me for being blind/ignorant, but why is this a problem?

If a topic is relevant and already has a lot of useful replies, why should a new thread be made just because the old one is X days old?

I understand it's frowned upon and it's always been basic forum netiquette, but why? Why is it frowned upon to bring a thread back to life?

No need for any thread in the forums to be re bumped, say, 1 year later.

Okay this I can understand. A lot can change in a year and I think it's safe to say a new thread would be warranted after a whole year's passed.

I think the main gripe is with introduction threads. Someone might (unwittingly) bump a relatively old intro thread from however long ago and others might be a bit too dopey to realise the dates and write on it anyway. So, therefore, someone who wrote an intro thread back in February might still be getting welcome messages.

[Popey456963 17]

Implementing this on the new forums would be facile. They even have hooks for those things.

[VENGA BUS 2,027]

I'm gonna start spam reposting old threads if this happens

[w33zy 1,523]

please no i love when old topic gets revived.

[Lewis 1,276]

please no i love when old topic gets revived.

weezy 65% of the time ur the first kid to tell them off, fkin nazi

[Jamie 2,319]

Why would you delete my comment which said '-1'...

I dont agree with this idea, so -1.

[M1nt-l0u 1,235]

Who cares?

If a new guy comes on and bumps a thread, then they are the idiot. If an old guy bumps a thread then they've usually done it for a reason, or they're an idiot.

Common sense people.

[VENGA BUS 2,027]

Who cares?

If a new guy comes on and bumps a thread, then they are the idiot. If an old guy bumps a thread then they've usually done it for a reason, or they're an idiot.

Common sense people.

Truth. Giving people the opportunity to pointlessly bump old friends help us figure out who is retarded and most worthy of a concerted bullying campaign/just being spotted as an idiot.

Pls keep the bumps.

[Skeff 289]

Implementing this on the new forums would be facile. They even have hooks for those things.

If the forums work as I currently expect, with a SQL database, then I can't see any reason why it couldn't be done with these old ones too. Simply create a schedule task which locks threads that have certain conditions such as in the introduction section & are older than 2 weeks.

[Popey456963 17]

Implementing this on the new forums would be facile. They even have hooks for those things.

If the forums work as I currently expect, with a SQL database, then I can't see any reason why it couldn't be done with these old ones too. Simply create a schedule task which locks threads that have certain conditions such as in the introduction section & are older than 2 weeks.

Presumably, yes, but I would be hesitant to create such a thing for the old forums when they are likely to get removed in under a month.

[Skeff 289]

Implementing this on the new forums would be facile. They even have hooks for those things.

If the forums work as I currently expect, with a SQL database, then I can't see any reason why it couldn't be done with these old ones too. Simply create a schedule task which locks threads that have certain conditions such as in the introduction section & are older than 2 weeks.

Presumably, yes, but I would be hesitant to create such a thing for the old forums when they are likely to get removed in under a month.

Agreed. I wouldn't spend time working on something that gets scrapped so quickly unless $$$ but even with $$$ I would have lack of motivation.