eagles123 Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Not mentioning anyone in particular ♥ ♥ but loads of old topics been dragged up recently imo a bit pointlessly is it worth topics being automatically locked after a certain period of time, say 1 year or something just a thought cheers Eagles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 I've seen similar suggestions in other forums I've participated in. It doesn't seem like it happens often enough to warrant worrying about, and it will get in the way when someone has a legitimate reason to resurrect an old thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovera Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Not mentioning anyone in particular ♥ ♥ but loads of old topics been dragged up recently imo a bit pointlessly is it worth topics being automatically locked after a certain period of time, say 1 year or something just a thought cheers EaglesI don't know if i have understood well but if do you want see again old topics you had partecipate, that is possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 I don't know if i have understood well...No, you have not understood well... He wants you to stop re-opening old topics after everyone else has stopped posting in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovera Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 I was only talking about the possibility to open and see (if anyone needs to read again) post/topic over the year cut-off that is in "Find my content" starting from the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 I was only talking about the possibility to open and see (if anyone needs to read again) post/topic over the year cut-off that is in "Find my content" starting from the beginning.No one is saying that you shouldn't be able to find them. He only suggested that we should prevent adding replies to them. "My Content" limits its search to 1 year. But the regular Search screen has no time limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 I don't think it does any good to prevent people from necro'ing. If you really have something to write that relates to an old discussion you could always make a new thread on the same issue anyway. Besides, there are threads like "introduction and the like", "bbf system directory" etc. which are meant for being necro'd so there would need to be exceptions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 We should regard it as refreshing that someone has gone to the trouble of searching the forums for previous relevant threads. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 We should regard it as refreshing that someone has gone to the trouble of searching the forums for previous relevant threads.Exactly. Instead of asking a question that has been addressed umpteen times before it is much better to necro one of the old threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Necroing is my favourite part of participating in the forums. I'd likely stop participating if it were made impossible (very likely not in practice but OK). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Exactly. Instead of asking a question that has been addressed umpteen times before it is much better to necro one of the old threads.Reading an old thread to get an answer to a question, so you don't re-ask it, isn't necroing. Necroing is when you respond to the old thread. This probably isn't as big a deal in a forum like ours, where many topics are timeless. I was reading the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.tv this morning, and someone necroed threads about shows that haven't been on for several years -- extremely weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broze Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 "My Content" limits its search to 1 year. Why is this and can I disable it? It makes finding my old threads annoyingly difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovera Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Why is this and can I disable it? It makes finding my old threads annoyingly difficult.No, and what i tried to explain :i. e. If you want to review an your old post can acting on windows at the bottom of page that you are interested.(like it http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/73555-watching-a-played-hand-play/page__view__findpost__p__876862 add at the left "Show type" and click on , choising in the roll "Topic:i replied" and then"Go" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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