Ok I have a question that kind of makes me mad, I cannot remember but a while ago I posted in a topic that was old and one of the moderators ( Do not remember who ) said that I should not post in old topics? So Trap17 should a topic not be important and should not be read or cared about because it is old? I still think that we should be allowed to post in them! ( Or was it just this moderator that said that is this actually true? ) Because if it is I think it is nonsense that we cannot post in a old topic.

The reason they put this rule in action was because we were getting allot of noobs to the site that were going back to the older topics and just bringing them all back, except the things that the noobs were saying have been said 50 million other times in the post, so it is basically spam and an attempt to get credits, and the admins want people to post quality posts but doing what they were doing wasn't posting quality posts, they were posting in topics that were long resolved, or even just so old there are two or three pages with the same response.

Although there is not a mod going around and checking to see if people are bringing back old posts, i think it would be safe to post in the topic as long as you say something that has not been said, and or the topic has not allready been resolved by someone else.

This post has been edited by Albus Dumbledore: Jun 12 2007, 01:13 AM

Old Topics can be re-opened, but as an example, there is no need to post into a topic where the original poster is no longer an active member, or the topic was an urgent request, like " I neeed assistance installing some software." In that case, answering a two year old Topic is Spam, yes?

On the other hand, posting to a two year old topic about a certain software would be okay if, for example, there was a newer version released or the download link changed, and ther members gain some valuable information by your post.

I guess there is not hard and fast answer, but as AD says above me, many times the current posting to an old thread is Spamming the Boards, so keep that in mind before digging up an old post. If you have current information to add which the membership will benefit from, then fine, add a posting. If you are looking to jack up your post count or earn credits, thern NO!, don't do it.

Basically, We all know when a post replied to an old topic is spam or not. Was it posted for information or just for the heck of credits. If we "feel" it was for credits, the member will be warned.

for real? i suddenly felt guilty. i replied to some of the old topics last night. but i did choose some posts that i thought i could still contribute to. i hope that won't be considered as spam.

I think a big problem with replying to old or popular topics is that they usually have many pages, and the members on trap17 are very lazy. They rarely read any of the messages if there are more than one page, and they know that nobody will read their message except for the admins, so they think that they can get away with spam just by posting on a very popular or old thread.

Well, can't we implement some kind of add-on that deletes old topics? It would help free up a lot of space and make the forums run faster.

I mean, I usually don't look past the first page to write in something, hell I usually only reply or post to topics that are visible under the Latest Activity -> Last topic section at the bottom of the page or the ones on the View New Posts page so I don't post on a topic that is over a year or two old, of course this isn't foolproof as some people bump year old topics and they'll show up on the View New Posts page.

Why don't you (the staff I mean) lock dead topics then? That's what I do on my RP forum. I lock finished RP topics to prevent confusion to the story. It would really help a lot here.

I agree with Smack. Why not make a "recycle bin" board? I know that Phpbb boards have them, not sure if InvisionBoard does. They delete topics after a certain amount of time.

This post has been edited by lekrissy: Jun 12 2007, 11:10 PM

I agree lekrissy if the do not want us to post in it why not close them? Or would that be more work for the moderators and admin? I mean they already have to go through each post Or maybe we can help as well? I think it is a good Idea lekrissy take it to the Suggestion Box