Members gardo Posted December 18, 2019 Members Share Posted December 18, 2019 With. so many necro threads should we have a “respond by “ time or should we just be glad someone is responding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, gardo said: With. so many necro threads should we have a “respond by “ time or should we just be glad someone is responding If it's a relevant comment or question about a piece of gear, an artist, or something like that, they really don't bother me. When someone asks if an OP still has a guitar or pedal for sale, and the original post is several years old, it's annoying IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted December 19, 2019 Members Share Posted December 19, 2019 Yes, they should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted December 19, 2019 Members Share Posted December 19, 2019 I'd be in favor of it. Maybe have most threads locked after a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted December 19, 2019 Members Share Posted December 19, 2019 i don't click on threads where the OP is from the past.... i do not understand why people just don't start a new thread with their question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted December 19, 2019 Members Share Posted December 19, 2019 I'm pretty sure it's just people Googling a topic, clicking through to a topic, creating a membership, replying, then never coming back. There are so many that it smells a bit like shenanigans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted December 19, 2019 Author Members Share Posted December 19, 2019 I had some suspicion that it's an inside scheme to create traffic ,but Grant is probably right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted December 19, 2019 Members Share Posted December 19, 2019 Seems it's usually somebody just had the answer to something and signed up to post it. That's a new user regardless. OTOH I think that's how I found my way here. So maybe ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted December 19, 2019 Members Share Posted December 19, 2019 Oh, never mind. I remember. The Mackie site was down. I was not aware that sites crash all the time and I posted in Anderton's forum all curious and concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blind Dog Posted December 20, 2019 Members Share Posted December 20, 2019 I'm amused at how many times a forum's old guard will crap on a newbie for commenting on an old thread. & I'm amused at how many times a forum's old guard will crap on a newbie for starting a thread without searching to see if it's been dealt with before. (Even if the old threads are titled "WTF!!!") & I'm amused at how many times newbies are crapped on for too many tags, or not enough tags. I've concluded newbies are often amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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