Topic: How to fix dead thread necromancy problems - skull icon / warning (Read 1906 times)
For some reason I have the urge to wait 8 months and then post in this thread...
November 23, 2012, 05:54:54 AM
A warning already comes up. It reads
Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days.
Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic.
Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days.
Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic.
Maybe the font is too small, and there is no actual box, so people don't see it ?
November 23, 2012, 05:51:53 AM
A warning already comes up. It reads
Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days.
Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic.
Try posting to this old thread of Bruce's if you want to see what I mean.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=40404.120
Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days.
Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic.
Try posting to this old thread of Bruce's if you want to see what I mean.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=40404.120
that warns the necrophiliac, but not the poor people who accidentally read 45 pages of old thread before realising it's from another era.
Yep, that could also produce a warning.
November 23, 2012, 05:42:03 AM
A warning already comes up. It reads
Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days.
Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic.
Try posting to this old thread of Bruce's if you want to see what I mean.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=40404.120
Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days.
Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic.
Try posting to this old thread of Bruce's if you want to see what I mean.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=40404.120
that warns the necrophiliac, but not the poor people who accidentally read 45 pages of old thread before realising it's from another era.
November 23, 2012, 05:23:10 AM
A warning already comes up. It reads
Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days.
Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic.
Try posting to this old thread of Bruce's if you want to see what I mean.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=40404.120
Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days.
Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic.
Try posting to this old thread of Bruce's if you want to see what I mean.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=40404.120
November 23, 2012, 05:10:59 AM
I honestly don't view "thread necromancy" as a problem. As long as you bring it back with an on-topic post, of course.
November 23, 2012, 05:02:44 AM
I was thinking about how to curb the problem of thread necromancy, and came with following idea.
1. Show a skull icon like this (but smaller):
on topic list next to threads that are not touched for 3/X months or more.
2. When replying to an old thread, show a big font red warning in a box like " Warning: The thread you are posting in is long dead"
What do you think ?
UPDATE:
3. When reading an old thread, show a big font red warning in a box like "Warning: The thread you are reading is long dead"
Perhaps bigger version of the icon could be added to warnings as well, so they are more noticeable.
1. Show a skull icon like this (but smaller):
on topic list next to threads that are not touched for 3/X months or more.2. When replying to an old thread, show a big font red warning in a box like " Warning: The thread you are posting in is long dead"
What do you think ?
UPDATE:
3. When reading an old thread, show a big font red warning in a box like "Warning: The thread you are reading is long dead"
Perhaps bigger version of the icon could be added to warnings as well, so they are more noticeable.
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