A: First off, what is necroposting?
A: Necroposting is the act of bumping up topics that are “dead”.

Q: How old is a “dead” topic?
A: Generally, if the most recent post on the topic is more then a month old, it's considered necroposting if you post on that topic.

Q: Does necroposting exist in all of the sub-forums?
A: The sub-forums Suggestions, TIRAP, TIMAC, Show and tell, and the laungage forums, are fine to post on old topics. Necroposting “does not exist” because the topics will continue to be relevent. In Requests and Project Ideas, it depends on the topic.
In HWS, QAS, New Scratchers, Bugs and Glitches and Collaboration however, necroposting “exists”.

Q: What do I see necroposts?
A: Depending on the senario, here are your options.
-If the post is constructive, and the user is just trying to be helpful, mention politly to them that although it's nice that they want to help out, they have necroposted, and tell them to refrain from posting on topics not replied on in a month or more.
-If the user is not being constructive, either saying “i'm not sure” or “I was wondering this as well” or asking their own question, let them know not to thread hijack, and to make their own topic with their question.
-And finally, if the necropost is spam of any kind, report the post.
Keep in mind, the person who brings the topic up is the “original necroposter”. If other users post on the topic after it has been necroposted on, they are not all guilty of necroposting.

FloatingMuffins wrote:

On New Scratchers, Bugs and Glitches and Collaboration, necroposting isn't ok.
In Requests and Project Ideas it depends.
In Show and Tell, necroposting is ok.

Amazing guide!

zeridy wrote:

Super helpful! Reported to be stickied..

joshuaho wrote:

Hey there! Thanks for making this!

Just an FYI, I actually already have an iTopic about necroposting here. However, the information you included is really useful.

Would you be ok with me adding the information you have (in the first post) to the existing topic? (I'll give you credit for that - thanks for the information on necroposting!)

PrincessFlowerTV wrote:

joshuaho wrote:

Hey there! Thanks for making this!

Just an FYI, I actually already have an iTopic about necroposting here. However, the information you included is really useful.

Would you be ok with me adding the information you have (in the first post) to the existing topic? (I'll give you credit for that - thanks for the information on necroposting!)

Oof, I didn't even realize. Sure, feel free to add any info that isn't in your topic. lol, should I just close this topic and redirect to yours?

What is necroposting?

Does necroposting exist in all of the sub-forums?

What do I see necroposts?

joshuaho wrote:

Cool, thanks!

Yeah, closing it would be a good idea (but only after you've added all the information you feel like needs to be added). You don't have to redirect to my topic unless you want to. I was going to include a link to this one in my topic, actually.