if it’s so fckin common it’s worth a downvote especially
does lemmy have this
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If people don't want reposts, they shouldn't also lock old threads. I should be able to google something and reply to a 10 year old discussion
Submitted 11 months ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to general@lemmy.world
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RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
LUHG_HANI@lemmy.world 11 months ago
For Microsoft related they should lock anything older than 2 days.
AnonTwo@kbin.social 11 months ago
I'd honestly say making a new thread for an already discussed topic is better than reviving a 10 year old one. There's no way of knowing any of the people involved in the previous discussion are even still around.
And depending on the topic 10 years may be so old that the issues or answers that were brought forth aren't actually relevant anymore, and would just lead to confusion.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Would be cool if users could tag the threads as related, so references to the old are close by. Would help in technical discussions.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Lemmy doesn’t automatically lock old threads AFAIK, for now.
So, I could reply to this 3 year old holiday thread, and lemmy.ml accounts probably could too. Lemmy.world accounts probably can’t view many threads older than June 2023, since they wouldn’t have been federated over and it was created at around that time.
freeindv@monyet.cc 11 months ago
Just replied. Can confirm
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
That only works if the platform is a forum and not whatever Reddit/Lemmy is. Go check forums for stuff that older people enjoy (cars, motorcycles…) and you’ll see discussions that are over a decade old and still going, that’s not possible if the discussion doesn’t get bumped to the top so new users participate.
youngGoku@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Are reposts really unwanted though?
A repost could reach an end user that didn’t get to see the original post.
Gamers_Mate@kbin.social 11 months ago
As far as I know Lemmy and kbin do not automatically lock threads after a certain amount of time.
I think the whole online culture against necro posting is something that should not be encouraged.
Especially when it is the first thing that comes up in google and the only reply is to google it.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
The problem is that those old posts may contain outdated information or outright misinformation. And it is unlikely any of the involved parties are around to continue the conversation.
Also, long living threads are very difficult to search through for the same reasons.
thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
hmm, i could see a sort of archive system where you save the post as is, but then comment on that in a new thread. could even do that multiple times as updates are needed.