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Title: How to fix dead thread necromancy problems - skull icon / warning Post by: ShadowOfHarbringer on November 23, 2012, 10:02:44 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): http://icongal.com/gallery/image/265494/skull.png 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. Title: Re: How to fix dead thread necromancy problems - skull icon / warning Post by: caveden on November 23, 2012, 10:10:59 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.
Title: Re: How to fix dead thread necromancy problems - skull icon / warning Post by: repentance on November 23, 2012, 10:23:10 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 Title: Re: How to fix dead thread necromancy problems - skull icon / warning Post by: payb.tc on November 23, 2012, 10:42:03 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 that warns the necrophiliac, but not the poor people who accidentally read 45 pages of old thread before realising it's from another era. Title: Re: How to fix dead thread necromancy problems - skull icon / warning Post by: ShadowOfHarbringer on November 23, 2012, 10:51:53 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 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. Title: Re: How to fix dead thread necromancy problems - skull icon / warning Post by: ShadowOfHarbringer on November 23, 2012, 10:54:54 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. Maybe the font is too small, and there is no actual box, so people don't see it ? Title: Re: How to fix dead thread necromancy problems - skull icon / warning Post by: J-Norm on November 23, 2012, 04:51:52 PM For some reason I have the urge to wait 8 months and then post in this thread... ;D
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