Auto-lock Topics Based on Last Post

DemCupcakesYo

After seeing a necropost, I thought there should be a way to prevent it. I think that if the last post on a topic was anywhere from 1 month to 1 year ago, the post will automatically lock itself. If a topic was auto-locked and the original poster wanted to revive it, there could be a button on the top next to the “follow discussion” button that says “Unlock Topic”. This would reduce necroposting by a lot if it was added.

EDIT: Only the topic owner can unlock.

Last edited by DemCupcakesYo (Oct. 3, 2014 23:49:32)

-DemCupcakesYo

If you support, it should be +1. If you don't, it should be +0, not -1. If you half-support, it should be +1/2 or +0.5, not +0. You can't subtract from the supporters.

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gcenac

1/2 Support…
Most people would just hit the Unlock Topic button all the time…
And maybe make it 3 months?

DemCupcakesYo

gcenac wrote:
1/2 Support…
Most people would just hit the Unlock Topic button all the time…
And maybe make it 3 months?

3 months seems like a good amount, and I do see your point. Although, it's similiar to how people just fill up a topic with “Bump”.

-DemCupcakesYo

If you support, it should be +1. If you don't, it should be +0, not -1. If you half-support, it should be +1/2 or +0.5, not +0. You can't subtract from the supporters.

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gcenac

DemCupcakesYo wrote:
gcenac wrote:
1/2 Support…
Most people would just hit the Unlock Topic button all the time…
And maybe make it 3 months?

3 months seems like a good amount, and I do see your point. Although, it's similiar to how people just fill up a topic with “Bump”.

Yeah… It would be cool if there was a minimum of characters you have to post, but that would be bad for the “Support” thing and people would just spam…

theonlygusti

I think only the topic owner should be able to unlock it, but I don't think that this feature should be added anyway.

No Support.

DemCupcakesYo

theonlygusti wrote:
I think only the topic owner should be able to unlock it, but I don't think that this feature should be added anyway.

No Support.

DemCupcakesYo wrote:
If a topic was auto-locked and the original poster wanted to revive it, there could be a button on the top next to the “follow discussion” button that says “Unlock Topic”.

The original poster and the topic owner are the same thing.

Last edited by DemCupcakesYo (Oct. 3, 2014 21:01:33)

-DemCupcakesYo

If you support, it should be +1. If you don't, it should be +0, not -1. If you half-support, it should be +1/2 or +0.5, not +0. You can't subtract from the supporters.

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derpmeup

Semi-support, why would we need a whole new feature to prevent something that's not even that bad in the first place?

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TheHockeyist

Support. Only the topic owner or the ST can unlock. And if the topic was unlocked too many times, then only the ST can unlock and the topic owner cannot.

ScratchBlockLibrary

This is half-support half-bump.

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it's not like necroposting is so frequent that we need to automate prevention or overcomplicate things. I think the Scratch team can handle it just fine.

furthermore, it would be hard to define what necroposting is because sometimes really relevant discussions get brought up many times over the course of the year and I wouldn't want to have some automated process accidentally silence that discussion. necroposts are annoying but it's not an affront to anybody so try not get all worked up about them

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stickfiregames

Not all necroposts are bad, so no support.

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OmnipotentPotato

stickfiregames wrote:
Not all necroposts are bad, so no support.

Hamish752

Support + Almost a year long bump.

Nether_before

Support.

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DaSpudLord

OmnipotentPotato wrote:
stickfiregames wrote:
Not all necroposts are bad, so no support.

^^
There's another topic somewhere about providing a warning message when there is a possible necropost (I don't feel like finding it, though), and that I support.

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purplebook163

DaSpudLord wrote:
OmnipotentPotato wrote:
stickfiregames wrote:
Not all necroposts are bad, so no support.
^^
There's another topic somewhere about providing a warning message when there is a possible necropost (I don't feel like finding it, though), and that I support.

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IronBit_Studios

TheHockeyist wrote:
Support. Only the topic owner or the ST can unlock. And if the topic was unlocked too many times, then only the ST can unlock and the topic owner cannot.

BurnedCrystal

(from duplicate thread)

No support, keeping old discussions open is usually better than creating duplicate threads every few months. Even if that's what happens anyways :^

EDIT: I initially typed in completing instead of creating? Anyways, it's been fixed now

Last edited by BurnedCrystal (Oct. 3, 2016 01:58:20)

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The4thPixel

I believe this entire thread needs a cleanup crew. Speed-dialing one right now.

BurnedCrystal wrote:
No support, keeping old discussions open is usually better than completing duplicate threads every few months. Even if that's what happens anyways :^

Hi!

Please don't bump old topics. Thanks!

IronBit_Studios wrote:
TheHockeyist wrote:
Support. Only the topic owner or the ST can unlock. And if the topic was unlocked too many times, then only the ST can unlock and the topic owner cannot.

OmnipotentPotato wrote:
stickfiregames wrote:
Not all necroposts are bad, so no support.

purplebook163 wrote:
DaSpudLord wrote:
OmnipotentPotato wrote:
stickfiregames wrote:
Not all necroposts are bad, so no support.
^^
There's another topic somewhere about providing a warning message when there is a possible necropost (I don't feel like finding it, though), and that I support.

Please don't quote other users without adding your own opinions to the discussion. Thanks!

BurnedCrystal

Got led here from a duplicate thread, sorry

That aside, ‘Please don’t quote other users without adding your own opinions to the discussion.' is a kind of silly thing to say (in general, really) considering the person did actually add to the discussion in some way

Last edited by BurnedCrystal (Oct. 3, 2016 02:06:17)

A block idea or whatever.

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