🌐!IMPORTANT!____(About Necroposts)

[KockaAdmiralac]

I made my thoughts on necroposting known here:

@KockaAdmiralac

I personally wouldn’t auto-close topics that haven’t received replies in a long time, because sometimes posts are about long-running projects, or the post is a question that the poster hasn’t received an answer to, or the post is an open-ended question where the author is fine with receiving replies months or years later. Applying a blanket timer across all discussions in all categories could cause some harm in that respect.

It was never explicitly stated in the rules, because it doesn’t make sense to apply a blanket ban on necroposting in all cases. If the topic calls for it, fine. But if the user asked a question, and received an answer, it’s not fine to suddenly bring back the topic. If the user is annoyed by necroposting, it’s not fine to necropost in their threads. If you don’t know whether the user would appreciate necroposting, it’s better not to do it. If you’re necroposting and going off-topic at the same time, especially on serious topics, that is absolutely not fine.