[Jews] There is nothing wrong with necroing

[Johannes]

http://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/miconecro.108375/

What the fuck is the point of retardoing this? Is this discussion terrible, shitposting, politically incorrect?

Talking about old shit is not any worse than talking about the new shit.


An argument can be made that rather than necroing, a new thread should be started with a link to the old one, in order to make the time gap more noticeable and to avoid megathreads. But then that should be done, split the thread into the old and the new part but without the retardoing part. So if people want to keep talking about the subject they can, without starting yet another thread.
Now even if you happen to chance into that thread in retardo, you can't even see what thread it was that was lifted.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Necroing more old stuff -> more get dumped = codex slowly removing his history.

 

[Ellef]

A retrospective, on topic post getting retardo'ed. Jesus fucking wept some mods are dumb cunts.

 

[wwsd]

I remember being taught, as a general etiquette guideline, that it's always better to post in an existing thread than to start a new one. Although this could have the opposite effect of excessive megathreads, I still think there is nothing wrong with a bit of necroposting every now and then. Especially if the discussion is on-topic or interesting in retrospect. But of course on any internet forum you get people who couldn't hack it as janitors in real life, so they volunteer for the equivalent position on the internet, and they decide that anything interesting must be suppressed. It can't be helped.

 

[Cool name]

I really wish a mod or admin could give a good reason for necroing being treated this way.

it seems like a "necros are bad because uh other forums say they're bad so we should do that too" which is cargo cult moderation and ends with retardoings like above, which are nothing but mods stifling conversation just for the sake of doing something moderator-y

the only situation I can see them as bad in are maybe things like workshop threads for abandoned projects, or if the reply is 100% spam

this is a forum full of people who like old games ffs, all creating new threads for the same old topic (which is to say, while individual games should have several topics instead of megathreads, there do not need to be 50 identical "difficulty curve in X game" threads) does is make everyone repeat the same arguments over and over instead of making new points

th e only argument that makes sense is the megathread one, but that won't be an issue if the thread had a topic of appropriately limited scope to begin with

 

[Cool name]

http://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/miconecro.108375/

I see that it was Crooked Bee

seriously, can you give a single meaningful reason for retardoing good conversation that did absolutely 0 harm? beyond "necroing is bad because uh I read it was bad on the internet?"

Edit- inb4 warning and retardo for doubleposting

 

[Darth Roxor]

cargo cult moderation

its like that thing darth roxor was talking about etc

 

[Crooked Bee]

this is a forum full of people who like old games ffs, all creating new threads for the same old topic (which is to say, while individual games should have several topics instead of megathreads, there do not need to be 50 identical "difficulty curve in X game" threads) does is make everyone repeat the same arguments over and over instead of making new points

Necroing in the News forum has always been a special case (because it's the forum where people are specifically looking for news). I don't think any other non-retarded necroing i.e. in other subforums is ever retardo'ed, afaik.

However, I don't care much. Feel free to continue necroing if you want, unless it's to the point of spamming.

 

[dibens]

Necroing in the News forum has always been a special case. I don't think any other non-retarded necroing is ever retardo'ed, afaik.

A valid point, why retardo and edgy cracked-like mod warning, though? Move it to relevant discussion thread.

Btw, nice necro, asshole. The thread is 5 hours old already.

 

[Crooked Bee]

A valid point, why retardo and edgy cracked-like mod warning, though? Move it to relevant discussion thread.

Warnings don't mean anything anyway so why not. And the latter is just too much effort.

 

[Cool name]

Necroing in the News forum has always been a special case.

Why is that exactly? Someone just tossing in their two cents years after the fact might as well be spam, but a post like micoselva's, commenting on the Codex's changing response to certain news/games adds value to an old news thread, and I don't see how it causes any problems except for people who can't read post dates.

Worst case, if it really bothered the hell out of someone for whatever reason (still unclear on what that could possibly be), it could be moved to GRPG with a link to the original thread edited in instead of trashing it. yeah it'd be a little more work for the mod, but isn't the whole point of moderators to facilitate good discussion?

I guess what I'm saying is I can see higher standards for a necro to be non-spam in News, but a blanket 'no fuck off' on necros still seems pointless and stifling.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Yes, that is a better option, I agree.

 

[Kalin]

He's right you know

 

[Semiurge]

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Start a new thread when an old one exists and you get buried under a shit avalanche for creating a duplicate thread. Necro the old thread and it gets retardo'd, and you get buried under the same shit Kilimanjaro because necroing is so uncool because who the fuck knows or cares.