Isn't it about time old threads were routinely locked?

aliasojo

Seems more and more threads are being bumped and posted on by newish members. Easy way to get their post count up.

A 2 year old thread isn't going to just be happened upon and the info in the thread will very likely be out of date anyway so no purpose is served by revisiting it.

Perhaps threads that are 6 or 12 months old should be closed if no-one has posted on them for a certain time?

Premier_2

Some various opinions from about 3 months ago when this idea was raised

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2809440

Former_MSE_Forum_Manager

Hi aliasojo

We've raised this again today internally and will look at some options.

Old_Wrinkly

MSE_Forum_Manager wrote: »

We've raised this again today internally and will look at some options.

Why? Things seem fine as they are, IMHO ...

fantasia322

It would depend on the thread and the type of info supplied. Surely this is better looked at by the board guide of the particular board who probs has a little more info than just joe or jill public. A lot of older ideaaaals are still relevant today

forgotmyname

Posts are either people who searched google and found old posts and joined to comment.

OR quite commonly spammers search and find old posts and advertise their goods/services.

Spam button works to some degree, I dont see spam posts appear in every forum like previously.
1am - 4am seems to be popular.

Former_MSE_Forum_Manager

Old_Wrinkly wrote: »

Why? Things seem fine as they are, IMHO ...

Hi Old Wrinkly

That's the discussion.

Just going to look at the pros and cons and options available and see if making changes would benefit the forum. It's why changes sometimes take longer than expected, as the forum is a broad demographic of people and boards who all want to see different things. We just need to weigh things up.

aliasojo

Example: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1483795

According to one poster, some info is incorrect/out of date anyway so it's not even as if it could be argued that the thread is still as useful to others?

Clearly certain boards will have threads and info on them which will not date and will still be useful to revisit but I suspect those ones wont be the target of trolls or spanmmers.

Don't most sites close threads over a certain age as a matter of course? The other ones I visit tend to discourage bumping and prefer new threads to be started instead.

Old_Wrinkly

aliasojo wrote: »

Clearly certain boards will have threads and info on them which will not date and will still be useful to revisit but I suspect those ones wont be the target of trolls or spammers.

In my experience, spamming is fairly random and trolling often occurs on the most frequently-used threads.

Don't most sites close threads over a certain age as a matter of course? The other ones I visit tend to discourage bumping and prefer new threads to be started instead.

I suppose it depends on the type of sites/forums you frequent. I find a wide difference in attitudes, but very very few that close threads purely on age grounds.

Mobeer

I like avforums approach of adding a warning message whenever the user goes to post in an old thread.

forgotmyname

Mobeer wrote: »

I like avforums approach of adding a warning message whenever the user goes to post in an old thread.

Thats a good idea. I dont use that forum so have not seen it.

A few months back a new member was complaining a special offer was no longer valid and asking why someone had posted it.
The special offer post was over 2 years old.

:T

I do find google a pain when searching forums it seems to like finding ones from 2008.