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A suggestion to help prevent ancient threads being rejuvenated

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I was just wondering whether it would be possible to post the date of the inital post next to the name of the original poster in the forum listings? (as is done for the most recent post).

It may prevent people inadvertently digging up long dead threads - I know it's there on the first post when you open the thread, but by then people can be so involved in the subject that they overlook it.

Just a thought.
 
Maybe I'm missing something obvious...but doesn't the date of the last post show that the thread is old, right up until somebody drags it up. If the fact that nobody has posted to a thread in 6 months (or 4 yrs, in some cases) isn't a deterrent, I don't think that seeing the date of the original post will do much (just my opinion, of course). It may dissuade some members from looking after a new post has been made...but, a lot of times, people will still look - just to see what the new post, and how it could be relevent after so much time.

While I agree it can be annoying to see old ads dragged back up, there really isn't anything wrong with it in the discussion forums. In fact, reasonable arguments could be made that it is better to continue a discussion rather than start an entirely new one about the same thing. (In the classifieds, if I see old ads being dragged up, I just close them - our guideline was 1 yr, so if it's close to that mark & gets brought to the top, report it)
 
I don't usually care if an old discussion thread is drug back to the surface, if the person isn't dragging it up just to be a jerk.

Some of the old threads are pretty good & a few are ongoing discussions that just get dropped down when the people in them get busy. As soon as I have the time & energy to formulate a coherent serious non sarcastic comment I have to go kick one up back up myself :eek:
 
Helenthereef said:
OK, no biggie, just I see a lot of comments about "This is an old thread, why are you digging it up?" and I thought it might help.
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Yes, that is said...though it doesn't necessarily mean that the person posting those comments is correct in doing so. As Annabella mentioned, dragging up an old BOI thread out of spite, is a problem. By the same token, offering some "helpful" insight 3 yrs after the fact might seem silly...but there's nothing wrong with it. Dragging up old ads, well, that's frustrating to the people that are looking, lol...but at least it brings them to our attention so they can be addressed. Heck, fwiw, I've seen a seller come back to an ad after it has been raised (18-20 months after the last comment), and post an updated availability list - I had to go back and reopen the thread because I had closed it when I noticed the start date.
 
I've often found old posts interesting myself - I just hit a lot of posts saying "This is xxx years old doofus!" while wandering around recently, and thought it was more of a problem than it obviously is.
 
Are you talking about in the classifieds, on the BOI, or in the discussion forums?
(To an extent, it does make a difference)
 
Well, I usually wander around in the "New Posts" listing and sort of bounce in and out of forums as my attention is attracted, so to my embarrassment I can't remember. I'll pay more attention. I've a feeling it's predominantly BOI and classifieds.
 
One was me in a discussion thread, not because the thread was old but for the aforementioned reason.

It was the nicest thing I could think to say that wouldn't start more strife.
 
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