Topic: Expiry date for topics? - page 2. (Read 461 times)

Is it possible to make threads where other members can recommend several threads that are eligible to be locked/deleted by including a number of reasons that can be considered by the Moderator? besides reporting it.

The logic is the same as the thread made by LoyceV:Mod, please check new plagiarism: Reporting copy/pasting, please permban
 

Then probably 90% of threads here need to be reported and locked. Even ones that start off well or interesting just get shitted in by one/two liner spammers who don't really understand the topic or even bitcoin. As long as we've got people who are getting paid to post here then they're going to continue creating generic shit threads to have somewhere to crap in. If we're not going to do something about the source of the problem, which is ICO campaigns, then it's futile even trying to do anything about it because you're just trying to patch up a sinking ship. Take out the cause of the problem which is the sig campaigns that are constantly firing shit torpedoes into you instead of trying to futilely plug holes that are never going to solve the issue that is sinking the ship in the first place.

I think you are worrying about the issue that when someone reading a thread and founded that information was outdated. So you are thinking, there should be a system to implement to delete/locked/archived the outdated posts. But the problem is we can't say the superseded data/information was not worthy or to be locked/deleted since those information/data also needed when we analysing how things have been changed with the time. We can't just locked/delete history.

This is the famous quote of "Thomas Alva Edison" when someone asked what is the reason for trying again for inventing the light bulb since you have failed 10,000 times.


I think that quote will give you the answer for what you have been looking for. That outdated information, replies and answers given by other members should be readily available when reading a thread. Then only we can say those information/data has been outdated or superseded by the newest with reference to the older ones. The best example for this kind of thread is Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion. Imagine what would happen if this thread has an expiry date or if we implement a system to delete/archived/locked the thread or even outdated posts? Then we couldn't be knowing about the history of bitcoin price movement and most importantly bitcointalk users behaviour when bitcoin crashed and even bounce back, price speculations with the time, etc...

That is a critical issue that should be addressed by staff or mods. I also found out most of the members hesitate to lock the thread even they got their answers for what they are looking for. Instead, they are allowing those so-called spammers or shitposters to spam fest with their thread. So as responsible members we should lock our threads when we got the answers.

Honestly, I just think this is another feature which wouldn't benefit the forum too much. If threads are becoming redundant, and encouraging spam you can report them.

I doubt anyone would be willing to put an expirty date on their thread. For one, they don't know when they are going to get an answer, and it might take several weeks for them to get a reply which actually answers their question etc.

But, also users don't lock their own thread now. I don't think they would care for automatically expiring their thread.

This forum provides information to all newbies who want to learn about bitcoin etc. There's so many old quality posts here that gives a lot of information to newbies so giving an expiry date for a post is inappropriate.

Besides the mods here are active so whenever they see redudant posts or iunappropriate replies, they take actions.

Just some clarification here.
1. Is the expiry date you were talking about is activated by default or OP need to put an expiration date for the post/thread?
2. Expiration date for posts?
Do you mean thread? Because posts can't be locked.
If yes then it's a bad idea. Just imagine, let's assume that there is a expiration date for a thread then how about those threads that were useful and having an ongoing discussions like this one Merit & new rank requirements? Then it will be locked after a certain period of time even though there are people discussing something. Hmm bad idea.

The best thing you can do to get rid of posts like these is to hit the "Report to Moderator" button in those posts which are useless that you were talking about.

We can't get rid of such repeated replies by putting expiry dates for posts. Besides, not every post deserves to get locked or archived after a certain period of time, like this one.
A post having wrong information according to recent records would get locked manually if it is reported to moderators with the correct information about the report, and so does other posts which deserves to get deleted or locked.

In my opinion, there’s no point in applying an expiring date for all posts. See this one, for example, if there was an expiring date of one month, it should have been closed a long time ago. And you can always create a link to the original one and start a second one.

Locking them or not should be according to quality and relevance.

Scrolling through there are so many posts with repeated replies, and some other posts which are giving wrong information (which was accurate atvthe time it was posted)
And mostly more recent posts with litle replies go to the bottom of our feed.
Should there be an expiry date for posts, after which the are locked or archived?