Noobs and the thread lazarus pit...

[Gamez235]

How do the noobs (typically members with less than 100 posts) find such old threads and then post in them, generally with some random off topic comment that has nothing to do with said thread they just brought back from the dead? It is nuts how often this happens.

 

[BDBHoover]

I've been noticing that in abundance here recently as well

 

[Scutter01]

They're looking for old (possibly archived) threads to post in to boost their post count, thinking no one will notice. The don't realize it causes them to bump to the top of the "New Posts" list. Other times, they're doing a search for a topic and then post in it without paying any particular attention to the last date in the thread.

Personally, I like when people revive old threads. There's a lot of good information going back several years and a lot of new members that haven't seen them yet. I very much prefer that they do so by actually adding a worthwhile comment, however, and not simply "thanks for the info!"

 

[BDBHoover]

They're looking for old (possibly archived) threads to post in to boost their post count, thinking no one will notice. The don't realize it causes them to bump to the top of the "New Posts" list. Other times, they're doing a search for a topic and then post in it without paying any particular attention to the last date in the thread.

Personally, I like when people revive old threads. There's a lot of good information going back several years and a lot of new members that haven't seen them yet. I very much prefer that they do so by actually adding a worthwhile comment, however, and not simply "thanks for the info!"

^^^^ THIS ^^^^

 

[snowrs]

I usually try to do a search for a topic, and will post in that thread, such as the one I did on Ballistol. In this forum though it seems like necrothreading is especially frowned upon.

 

[Scutter01]

I usually try to do a search for a topic, and will post in that thread, such as the one I did on Ballistol. In this forum though it seems like necrothreading is especially frowned upon.

There will always be someone complaining about necroposting, but the vast majority of us (including the entirety of the staff) have no problem with reviving a dead thread with a useful and relevant comment.

 

[rmabrey]

Whats with all the old members ranting tonight

 

[Gamez235]

There will always be someone complaining about necroposting, but the vast majority of us (including the entirety of the staff) have no problem with reviving a dead thread with a useful and relevant comment.

It has a name? Oh lord.

 

[Scutter01]

It has a name? Oh lord.

Yeah, it's not just an INGO thing.

 

[shooter521]

It has a name? Oh lord.

Yep. And a graphic!

 

[Pami]

Yeah, it's not just an INGO thing.

What about posts that were started a couple of years ago and STILL get posts in them that are *sort of* related to the original post, but not really? Does THAT have a name?

 

[shooter521]

What about posts that were started a couple of years ago and STILL get posts in them that are *sort of* related to the original post, but not really? Does THAT have a name?

Yes. EPIC!

Or "the PW thread"

 

[Gamez235]

Yep. And a graphic!

Win!!! Scutter, take notes...


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[shooter521]

Win!!!

But wait, there's more!

And for you serious geeks out there...

 

[Pami]

Yes. EPIC!

Or "the PW thread"

Hah! The PW thread was one I had in mind. There are others. Epic isn't quite what I would use to describe them. Or at least not in their current form anyway.

 

[shooter521]

Hah! The PW thread was one I had in mind. Epic isn't quite what I would use to describe them.

That's why I listed the two terms separately.

 

[Classic]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. It is easy to make a mistake and not notice the date, especially if its on a subject I care about. There are lots of gun experts that are just learning how to be on the forum and not sound like an a$$, much less worry about posting statistics. Newbies make mistakes.

 

[Hoosierdood]

Ok, that's it. I hereby make it my goal to resurrect as many posts as possible this week. This should be fun.

 

[pudly]

As some have already stated, I don't have a problem with necroposting if they have something useful to add. Noobs are also given grief for creating new threads on the same topics over and over by some old-timers. Can't blame them for interpreting that as a license to use existing threads instead. Hopefully, they will have read some of the info in the old thread and learned from it.

 

[theweakerbrother]

Call the fire department, this one's out of control!