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Originally Posted by SamF
I suggest making necroposting against forum rules. It is a pretty standard rule on most forums and it is weird that the rule is adopted here... for those that don't know necroposting is posting on a old topic bringing it to the top of the page... causes annoyance and confusion and any time where the old topic may be relevant it is easier for the thread poster to post a link to the old topic rather than each person who reads the thread reading messages not knowing they are old/having to search through the entire thread to find the new posts.
Another problem is topics going off topic to the point where they are an entirely different subject to that in the subject title.. there are several times where someone posts a new thread in the stanley forums relating to topic x only to be told it was already being talked about in the thread titled topic y.
These are just basic message boards rules that make the forums more functional for all and are generally pretty standard.
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First time I have come accross this...didn't even know there was a word for it!
How can you make "necroposting" against forum rules? It often brings up things new members don't know have been discussed before, and can add to the forum interest by opening topics up again.
If nothing else, it gives people who posted way back when, a laugh maybe about what they posted, & notes whether they have changed their opinions on certain topics.
How often in normal conversation do we go back to things that we have discussed before, and view them with differnet eyes?
Necroposting should stay.