Question Why Are People Necrobumbing threads

[DRAGONBALLVINTAGE]

I seen three old threads necrobumped 2 yesterday and 1 today

they are all from around 2008-2009
why don't we lock them because more and more people will bump them

 

[Scarlet]

If this is anything to go by, people are seeing the similar threads and not noticing the date difference. Might be a good idea to have a warning symbol or something for threads X years without a reply, something to make people aware.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I seen three old threads necrobumped 2 yesterday and 1 today

they are all from around 2008-2009
why don't we lock them because more and more people will bump them

Sometimes people don't realize how old a thread is, I've made that mistake myself.
With the "Similar Threads" feature it's now easier for people to discover old threads where before you pretty much had to find it in a search.
If people keep necrobumping the same thread, then it will get locked. If they don't there's no problem.
Plus sometimes there might actually be a legitimate reason for necrobumping a thread so it's not a good idea to lock old threads automatically.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Why is "Necrobumping" such a big deal on these forums?

 

[SirNapkin1334]

Dunno. A shitton of people kept bumping one of Aurora's blog entries (okay, well, actually one moron bumped it and then everyone followed suit), even though their comments kept getting deleted, and then the blog got locked.
https://gbatemp.net/entry/coming-out-day.11728/

 

[DRAGONBALLVINTAGE]

Why is "Necrobumping" such a big deal on these forums?

All I know is that if I can't do it I don't like it

 

[SirNapkin1334]

Sometimes people don't realize how old a thread is, I've made that mistake myself.
With the "Similar Threads" feature it's now easier for people to discover old threads where before you pretty much had to find it in a search.
If people keep necrobumping the same thread, then it will get locked. If they don't there's no problem.
Plus sometimes there might actually be a legitimate reason for necrobumping a thread so it's not a good idea to lock old threads automatically.

Yeah, I got a similar thread option and was about to talk in that thread when I realized that the thread was 10+ years old. Seriously.

 

[DRAGONBALLVINTAGE]

Dunno. A shitton of people kept bumping one of Aurora's blog entries (okay, well, actually one moron bumped it and then everyone followed suit), even though their comments kept getting deleted, and then the blog got locked.
https://gbatemp.net/entry/coming-out-day.11728/

Thats the one I'm talking about

 

[migles]

Why is "Necrobumping" such a big deal on these forums?

because the people who see these old threads in new threads feed and start answer to the people in there like they are still around... that is the main problem...

personally i am ok with necro, it helps keeping the stuff organizated and in one place, instead of the same stuff in separated 1000 threads, or questioned again and again.. the problem is, an old thread creates plenty of pages and stuff gets burried inside..


i think this should be solved with warnings in case someone is trying to reply to a thread either made +6 months ago, or a warning if the last reply is like 3 months old or something like that

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Why is "Necrobumping" such a big deal on these forums?

Because normally necrobumping doesn't add anything of value to the thread, it's essentially spam.
Except for in rare cases it's better to make a new thread.

 

[migles]

Because normally necrobumping doesn't add anything of value to the thread, it's essentially spam.

per contrair... plenty of cases i seen new corners solving the OP issue or giving valuable info.. or you know, ask a tiny question totally related within that thread and info gets in the same place..
but the thing is, usually the OP is long gone, or you know, he moved on from that subject long ago and it's no longuer relevant

 

[The Real Jdbye]

per contrair... plenty of cases i seen new corners solving the OP issue or giving valuable info.. or you know, ask a tiny question totally related within that thread and info gets in the same place..
but the thing is, usually the OP is long gone, or you know, he moved on from that subject long ago and it's no longuer relevant

Those are the exceptions.
In my experience the OP is usually long gone by the time the thread is necrobumped. Or someone necrobumps a thread just to ask an unrelated question.

 

[Clydefrosch]

whats the problem? if they didn't want necrobumps, they would auto close threads after X months.

 

[Ryccardo]

In my experience the OP is usually long gone by the time the thread is necrobumped.

Forums are public exactly so that any future reader can benefit from answers to other people's problems...

(sorry if the 3DS Homebrew "Development" and Emulation has conditioned your mind to believe the same questions should be reasked every day; it had taken its toll on me too)

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

whats the problem? if they didn't want necrobumps, they would auto close threads after X months.

We don't allow useless necrobumping, which is the problem. If someone is just going to some years old thread to say "WOW THIS IS OLD", or to reply to some joke told in 2006, or to try and partake in a discussion that's been 10 years dead, that's bad.

If they're going to some old thread to provide legitimate information, ie a solution to a long unsolved problem, or an update on an old homebrew, or a new link to some old program etc etc that's fine.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Forums are public exactly so that any future reader can benefit from answers to other people's problems...

(sorry if the 3DS Homebrew "Development" and Emulation has conditioned your mind to believe the same questions should be reasked every day; it had taken its toll on me too)

Indeed, but responding to the OP or asking them questions when the OP is long gone is pointless.

 

[Minox]

Some necrobumps are better than others. Adding additional information to an old topic is desirable and asking questions about matters in the original topic is also completely ok.

 

[dotaku]

They probably find it through google and forget to check the date

 

[souler92]

lets get this topic dead and necrobump it over 3 years just for the sake of it

 

[DarthDub]

Sometimes we want an excuse to not make a new thread if it's relevant to us. I've done it a few times just to raise awareness that people want to do a certain thing (that includes me).