Poll: Its all been done before. Forum Search.
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Necro-ing is very annoying in my opinion, nothing is worse than having to go through dozens of pages to find the point of the thread. That said, I say a rule of thumb should be that you can necro threads until they get over a month old.revolverwolf said:
Time changes, which means that the context of discussion changes, which means that nothing can ever be repeated, unless all the people on the forum as stuck in some kind of time stasis...
Thing is, if people continuously necro threads then all threads will end up with about 50 pages of comments. So to me, redoing a thread a few months after the old one died isn't a bad thing.
Obviously the same thread in a few days is a bad thing, however.
Obviously the same thread in a few days is a bad thing, however.
Personally, it doesn't bother me when people redo a topic. If it's been done before and you don't like it, or don't want to contribute, hit the back button. Let people discuss what they want when they want. As long as I don't see the same discussion twice or three times on the first couple pages, do whatever makes ya happy.
REALLY STUPID one about the console war ( in retrospect, probably shouldn't have made it in the first place)xxnightlawxx said:what was itOverlord Moo said:Only one of my 4 have been locked.xxnightlawxx said:
Really, I wish people would shut up with the forum search comments.
It makes them sound like pompous gits.
It makes them sound like pompous gits.
Only when I posted on it literally 2 days ago.
No I do not need to hear how the sonic sereies should die, for the bagillionth time!
No I do not need to hear how the sonic sereies should die, for the bagillionth time!
new users always have new things to add, if no one re-posted old threads, then you would lose out on new users. There would also be a hell of a lot less threads anyway as pretty much everything will have already come up
mine was a zelda Final Fantasy threadOverlord Moo said:REALLY STUPID one about the console war ( in retrospect, probably shouldn't have made it in the first place)xxnightlawxx said:what was itOverlord Moo said:Only one of my 4 have been locked.xxnightlawxx said:
You did one about which one was better didn't you? Yeah, I can see why that got locked.xxnightlawxx said:mine was a zelda Final Fantasy threadOverlord Moo said:REALLY STUPID one about the console war ( in retrospect, probably shouldn't have made it in the first place)xxnightlawxx said:what was itOverlord Moo said:Only one of my 4 have been locked.xxnightlawxx said:
Depends on what the topic is and how long ago it was last discussed.
If it's one of the "hot button" topics (including but not limited to WoW, Half Life, anime, JRPGs, and best/worst story/dialogue/character/muffin EVAR), no more than once every three weeks or so, really. If you're really curious to know what people think before then, suck it up and read the frackin' thread. No sense in restarting old, annoying arguments.
In fact, three weeks might really be the lower limit. There is no upper limit; I've never been on a forum that explicitly allowed thread necromancy like this one.
If it's one of the "hot button" topics (including but not limited to WoW, Half Life, anime, JRPGs, and best/worst story/dialogue/character/muffin EVAR), no more than once every three weeks or so, really. If you're really curious to know what people think before then, suck it up and read the frackin' thread. No sense in restarting old, annoying arguments.
In fact, three weeks might really be the lower limit. There is no upper limit; I've never been on a forum that explicitly allowed thread necromancy like this one.
Nothing religious ever needs to be discussed on here again. Likewise, fanboy wars and "-insert game- is horrible" threads should also be done away with. Political topics also tend to degenerate fast. And weather topics. And topics about girls. And topics about boys. And topics about construction workers. And topics about labor unions. And topics about anything.
... Huh. Guess we're never gonna win, are we?
But seriously, posters that merely parrot Yahtzee's opinion without adding anything to the subject need to be hunted down and gagged. I heard Yahtzee say it the first time, thank you.
... Huh. Guess we're never gonna win, are we?
But seriously, posters that merely parrot Yahtzee's opinion without adding anything to the subject need to be hunted down and gagged. I heard Yahtzee say it the first time, thank you.
