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Post by Jeanne d'Arc on Jun 18, 2020 18:41:01 GMT
How is this somehow near the top?
Moderated: by Saltin . Newly created topic on the idea of necroing, several posts have been consolidated and moved this new thread.
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Post by Darth Vader on Jun 18, 2020 21:16:29 GMT
How is this somehow near the top? It has the " Anchor" pin which I believe means it can't go away. |
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Jun 19, 2020 5:20:28 GMT
How is this somehow near the top? No one really advises against necroing old and dead threads as strictly as before which was why some old threads were bumped up by newer members posting in then. |
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Post by ππ³π°π΅π΄π¬πΊ on Jun 20, 2020 15:51:32 GMT
How is this somehow near the top? No one really advises against necroing old and dead threads as strictly as before which was why some old threads were bumped up by newer members posting in then. Why not to bump up old threads? I found incredible good information in forgotten threads - if it is still worth to discus, why not reactivate an older thread? P.S. What a good link!!! Worth to bring up this thread! Thank you Saltin |
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Post by Saltin on Jun 20, 2020 22:50:11 GMT
Anchor means the thread will no longer rise to the top if it's posted in it. In most forums it's considered bad form to bring back really old threads because they might be obsolete or might no longer be relevant or the participants might no longer be active to be able to answer to replies ect.. Also it could leave the impression that the present membership lacks imagination or lacks enough initiative to start new fresh threads on their own and instead must rely on other people prehistoric long dead threads  So in general guys best to just start a fresh thread, it's better to leave the really old stuff alone and instead lead the way with brand new fun threads of your own making. You can reference or link to old thread in your new thread if you want, that's also perfectly fine to do. |
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on Jun 21, 2020 2:42:08 GMT
Hmm that seems to be a really reductive perspective. If the members take pride and interest in their forum history, instead of sidelining it in the dark, then this should be a positive and optimistic note. Despite the fact that identity creation is still crucial in creating a sense of community-togetherness, a major bulk of memory and identity preservation and discovery stems precisely from the rich and vibrant history a certain event or forum embodies.
Adding on, I think that the inherent purpose of necroing is not to alert and strike a conversation with older members, but quite the contrary; to engage and revel in memory-making and identity-forming with the newer and more active members. It displays passion and eagerness to communicate and interact; analogous to striking up old childhood photographs to converse with your current friends. If it does not clutter the board, which it should not especially in a location like the Officer's Lounge, and it does not violate any forum rules, which again does not, then I feel that it is a commendable and healthy culture that we should instill (not to a huge extent of course) in our members; after all that is why we subscribe to ET games, probably due to our love for History!
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Post by ππ³π°π΅π΄π¬πΊ on Jun 21, 2020 11:43:05 GMT
I agree that for the Lounge bumping up old threads is not advised. I'm active in the EW4 boards - if I have new informations to an older discussion, I pushed them up to keep even all the previous findings together. I will keep in mind to start new threads and link to old discussions (specific if outdated). My question @ Saltin : Is it possible that links to forum posts don't open a new tab? I find it uncomfortable to make a link and target="_top" them always. |
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Post by Saltin on Jun 22, 2020 0:37:41 GMT
New tab opening might be a tab management option specific to particular browsers?
Anyways there is definitively value in older threads, so many of them are a fantastic reflection of past very fun discussions and outstanding members. Even in the game boards, Easytech doesn't change most of the the game mechanics all that much (relatively speaking) and many of the old treads are still as relevant today as they were way back then.
It's a fine line, I think the main reason necroing is discouraged is that it's simply annoying to many current members because most people dont look at the thread creation date and then might spend time creating an elaborate long post in response to a particular poster only to realize that individual is long gone. Also even if an older member is still around to reply that person might no longer think the same way or may have new updated information that they didn't have before when they originally posted ect..
I think this is one of the reason why other platforms like reddit use the archive system.
Anyways i think this poor labor day thread been derailed enough, most of the posts have little to do with the original topic so I am creating a new thread and moved the discussion there.
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Post by Darth Vader on Jun 22, 2020 1:32:50 GMT
Agreed Saltin, we must remember are old theards like we remember are past experiences in real life. |
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Post by ππ³π°π΅π΄π¬πΊ on Jun 22, 2020 13:21:03 GMT
Thank you for forking the thread SaltinI will be cautious to reactivate old threads - but see it even in respect to the efforts that are already done. New findings base on the great knowledges this forums provide. Only if I can change my standpoints I can learn. The 'opening links in new tab' seems really to be browser specific (Opera / mobile). But, the board adds automatically a target="_blank" to links that have no target set. So the behavior of Opera is not so unpredicted. |
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Post by Darth Vader on Jun 22, 2020 14:49:34 GMT
Saltin, maybe you should create a "knowledge room" where you could store all the old theards. It would be like a memory area, I could help if you want to do it.
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Post by Saltin on Jun 23, 2020 7:21:00 GMT
Saltin, maybe you should create a "knowledge room" where you could store all the old theards. It would be like a memory area, I could help if you want to do it. Without an automated archive process it would be too much of a maintenance issue. |
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Post by ππ³π°π΅π΄π¬πΊ on Jun 23, 2020 9:45:50 GMT
Saltin, maybe you should create a "knowledge room" where you could store all the old theards. It would be like a memory area, I could help if you want to do it.Β Without an automated archive process it would be too much of a maintenance issue. I personally really like the board and its functionality (mobile) An extra archive is IMO really not necessary or useful. The only thing I'd like to know sometimes is why users are deleted. I.E: I found a very interesting 2016 post - but from a deleted user, so I thought: OK this is a hacker - don't trust (Now I know that it was not: you can get Victoria even up to R38) |
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Post by Saltin on Jun 23, 2020 10:08:07 GMT
I can't speak of any specific members, in general all the members that registered still have their accounts even if inactives but there are exceptions: individuals like advertisers/spammers or multi-account holders, hackers, foul/vulgar named accounts and so forth can be removed entirely from the forum database.
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Post by Darth Vader on Jun 23, 2020 11:29:58 GMT
I can't speak of any specific members, in general all the members that registered still have their accounts even if inactives but there are exceptions: individuals like advertisers/spammers or multi-account holders, hackers, foul/vulgar named accounts and so forth can be removed entirely from the forum database. Saltin, the fourm will soon reach 10,000 members which would be a milestone. The fourm has also seen to spike recently due to quarantines and players being board. Will you edit the rules if numbers reach higher or when a event like ew6 1804 happens again? |
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