That's NOOBies for you
This has been already discussed in this section...
My bad, I can not just recall it properly however I am having a feeling that I read a topic about mega thread few days or weeks. May be I did not pay much attention there.
...that threads like this should be automatically locked after it got a certain amount of reply but the case is that it would not be possible because it will affect other important threads that although it is considered mega threads, it still contributes to the forum.
If we were a new community and struggled for topics to engage then It was logical. AFAIK we are an established forum with over 23M monthly traffic, we do not need to think about keeping a useless thread so that people can comment because we do not have enough topics.
Sometimes threads like those are created/re-created by spammers so they could post their recycled posts using their alt accounts... Sooner or later you'll expect a thread here in Meta from them asking "why my posts are gone?" "why my post count is dropping?" and "why my thread was deleted?" again, it will compensate the posts they've lost...
I guess this is exactly why the mods are here (one of the many reasons). Mods are here to look after the health of the forum. Locking, deleting, moving, banning, helping with answers?
Sometimes threads like those are created/re-created by spammers so they could post their recycled posts using their alt accounts... Sooner or later you'll expect a thread here in Meta from them asking "why my posts are gone?" "why my post count is dropping?" and "why my thread was deleted?" again, it will compensate the posts they've lost...
This is why I have
beginners & help blocked, along with Bitcoin Discussion (unfortunately), Altcoin Discussion, and Economics. Those sections have hundreds of threads that need deleting IMO. And yes, members will keep creating idiotic threads once the old ones are locked, but I still think it needs to be done. It's not affecting me since I don't visit those sections, but
I know it irritates a lot of good members here.
It does irritates a lot. Who like seeing same thing rephrased again and again?
I also do not visit the Bitcoin Discussion, Altcoin Discussion that much. I can not recall vising Economics too coz I really don't have much idea about Economics. Sometimes I see some stupid topics in the Serious discussion section too. It's just ridiculous. But yes, I understand that we have to live with all these.
To me, Beginners & help section is a bit different after noticing some good posts recently. So, I activated my notification for this section. IMO it's not as bad as the others. There are few genuine newbies looking for answers in this section.
