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How long ago is necro-posting?
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Boxless
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-07-10 17:52:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Boxless
So the other character on this account was forum-banned for necro-posting. Can someone please outline the age limit for a thread before it is considered necro-posting?

If that date does exist, why are threads past that date not auto-locked?

This thread is not in relation to my personal situation, I am asking a general question, so please don't lock this thread asking me to contact customer-service in respect to my case.

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T' Elk
Strategically Bad
Goonswarm Federation
#2 - 2012-07-10 17:55:53 UTC
That is indeed a good question. On the old forums, threads were just locked after 6 months. Maybe a similar feature should be incorporated on the new forums.

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Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2012-07-10 17:55:56 UTC
Yo yo... Necro is srs business... Yo...

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Roll Sizzle Beef
Space Mutiny
#4 - 2012-07-10 18:01:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Roll Sizzle Beef
Posts are auto locked in about 3 months. It should be after 1 month and neco wouldn't be a problem.
Shameless Avenger
Can Preachers of Kador
#5 - 2012-07-10 18:03:38 UTC
IMHO it depends. Necroing an issue that's still relevant and still unresolved should not be that bad. On the other hand, Necroing a troll should be a serious offense. But is an issue is still relevant and the OP was kinda trolling about it, it gets shady.

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Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
#6 - 2012-07-10 18:04:26 UTC
Threads are given 90 days now if I remember right. However, OP wasn't banned for necro'ing a thread for general discussion, he was banned for necro'ing a score of threads with one offs to dupe other players into starting up an old argument that had long since died, i.e. for the lulz.

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Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#7 - 2012-07-10 18:06:19 UTC
I believe the official limit is the point when you get a forum ban for doing it. It can't be a strict limit because people are notorious at finding loop holes and exploiting them. A good warning sign for necroing is, that nobody has posted in the thread for some time and your new post isn't contributing anything of value either. You're basicly making a useless post in an effort to give life to a dead thread. This is an unnatural violation of God's intended natural lifecycle for a forum thread and therefore you need to be banned for your deviant behavior.
Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#8 - 2012-07-10 18:09:31 UTC
Threads should auto-lock in 30 days. Maybe make an exception for F&I but otherwise if it's 30 days ago who cares?

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Lucy Ferrr
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2012-07-10 18:11:02 UTC
There is no set time-limit. If a thread is relevant even a year later and you revive it to bring new and interesting discussion, that's okay. Being a d-bag like you were doing, and just reviving random threads with stupid one-liners is not okay. I wish they banned all your chars from the forums.
gulftobay
Mesotopia
#10 - 2012-07-10 18:12:44 UTC
I take it your other character that got the temp forum ban was 'Iamien'
Boxless
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#11 - 2012-07-10 18:18:10 UTC
What I did was scummy, but look at the anti-social thread. It was obviously still very relevant, people were debating as if it was posted yesterday.

I did it because there was very little substance in the forums recently. All fluff/barbie bullshit and nothing actually relevant to EVE. I proved this with my old vs new portrait thread.

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THE L0CK
Denying You Access
#12 - 2012-07-10 18:24:08 UTC
(chhhhh) Roger that big brother, that was a confirmed hit. Be advised to come around for another pass with a moderation discussion missile (chhhhh)

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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#13 - 2012-07-10 18:27:28 UTC
Boxless wrote:
What I did was scummy, but
…but what? You know full well why you got banned so shush and hope you don't get a second round for discussing moderation.
Boxless
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#14 - 2012-07-10 18:51:23 UTC
And you subscribe solely to post on a forum. I hear Somethingaweful has lower rates than EVE.

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Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#15 - 2012-07-10 19:06:17 UTC
Well, on SA you would get banned (or at the very least a probation) for what you were doing too. It tends to be a feature of well moderated forums that people who are being scum get taken care of by the moderation team.
Jimmy Gunsmythe
Sebiestor Tribe
#16 - 2012-07-10 19:48:13 UTC
My money was on Malkavian, he necro'd a post in the last day or so. Guess I lost that bet. Where's the midget?

John Hancock
WARDECALTSFTW
Doomheim
#17 - 2012-07-10 20:16:15 UTC
Shameless Avenger wrote:
Necroing a troll should be a serious offense.

serious offense? do you live in singapore? right up there with canings for spitting.

what the **** diffreence does it make if someone replies to an unlocked thread? seriously? what is the PROBLEM?
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#18 - 2012-07-10 20:18:59 UTC
WARDECALTSFTW wrote:
what the **** diffreence does it make if someone replies to an unlocked thread? seriously? what is the PROBLEM?
It makes the difference that it clogs the front page with out-of-date threads with a spam post at the end of them. The problem is that it pushes the actually active discussions off the front pages. Oh, and the spam is a problem too…
WARDECALTSFTW
Doomheim
#19 - 2012-07-10 20:21:35 UTC
Tippia wrote:
WARDECALTSFTW wrote:
what the **** diffreence does it make if someone replies to an unlocked thread? seriously? what is the PROBLEM?
It makes the difference that it clogs the front page with out-of-date threads with a spam post at the end of them. The problem is that it pushes the actually active discussions off the front pages. Oh, and the spam is a problem too…

so it pushes the other crappy, contentless, whiny babble onto a second page...

... that can be accessed by clicking the Next button?
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#20 - 2012-07-10 20:23:50 UTC
WARDECALTSFTW wrote:
so it pushes the other crappy, contentless, whiny babble onto a second page...
No. It pushes current discussions onto the second page. If they're crappy and content-less, they'll get their on their on their own without the need to spam-bump threads that lost their relevance thee months ago.
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