Replying to oldish threads.

[Yate]

So I'm guessing that my infraction won't be lifted even though I've not done anything wrong??

[RT]

Yate, it's just an infraction, can't you just let it go? I'm sure Rox will take it easy with the infractions after seeing what most people think about bumping old threads.

[cvrle77]

Join the club:



Philosophy is like this, old threads are like minefields, as long as you don't say anything in there, and move along, you are safe. They aren't closed, so mods can infract you, in case you decide you wanna say something there...

I've been said same thing...it's just an infraction, move...

No, it's just an old topic, nothing else, nothing to do with breaking any common sense rules. And when it comes to my case, I've bumped it, because someone dropped topic link in cb,when realized I made a post on an old thread,not even apologizing was enough. Someone had a bad day, and felt, that no matter I've realized that I made mistake, it was absolutely necessary to make his point across, and punish me with infraction.
OJ saw me replying in that topic, saw that I made mistake, and replied in same topic after me, but he never bothered punishing me, or considering it was a bad act, bad behavior, or similar shit, that other mod found.

[WebCare360]

It's just an infraction man, so just let it go.. As, you already proved your point and most of the senior members are on your side.. So, be cool and let it go man ! move ahead

[Myth?]

Loll thanks for proving a point Yate, now I'm sure the rest of us wont get infracted as easily. Once of course the reply is relevant. But since I joined WJunction I've never received an infraction/warning/ban(I think) yet lol.

[TLK]

I got an infraction for replying 'goodbye' on mukki intro thread because their site is closed. Wtf :-(

[ajinkya9]

If you really have a problem with people replying to Old Threads, why not just fucking close them?

[soft2050]

Originally Posted by Yate

Well if nobody is allowed to reply to it why didn't a MOD close it?

Originally Posted by ajinkya9

If you really have a problem with people replying to Old Threads, why not just fucking close them?

Well, it would become very difficult almost impossible to close each and every thread for everyone.

But bumping should be allowed to an extent:

• Disallowed if bumped for a reason like TLK did http://www.wjunction.com/1410756-post7.htm. In no way, it is helping WJ
• Disallowed for a reason like in case of OP. 2 year old thread and the content is outdated. What Rox did is right in my view
• Allowed only if the content helps other member or is informative for the current time. For eg: Bumping a thread from Tutorials section which can help other members should be allowed or something like the eLight's thread of So, what comes after File Hosts?

Also, i would like to suggest a mod/plugin that wjunction could add to prevent possibilities like this in future. Something like what Warez-BB has.





So if a thread is more then 2 months old, then it should show a notification while replying in Quick Reply + in the full reply page.

[Dj Mad]

Originally Posted by Mr Happy

Strongly disagree with giving infractions for bumping old threads if it's relevant and of good quality.

Google loves sites who update old content and keep things current. It's the sign of an active and well managed site. 90% of sites don't update old content which is annoying when you find it in Google. eg think of a warez site and dead links. Doesn't it piss you off it's not updated and kept current?

Google has a freshness algorithm that ranks newer content higher. By adding new relevant content to an existing topic that topic appears much higher up search results.

The other thing is these old topic that are updated regularly are seen as more important by Google. Why would a topic be bumped if it's not interesting or still relevant? A discussion going on for a number of years must be more interesting that one going on for three days.


People hate finding old unanswered threads. If you have a problem and find an old question but it's not answered you get a very bad impression of the site.

Quality content is what matters. It doesn't matter the age. If the content is relevant and of a high quality it should be posted.

Welcome to wj 2012

[Rox]

Originally Posted by Mr Happy

Strongly disagree with giving infractions for bumping old threads if it's relevant and of good quality.

Google loves sites who update old content and keep things current. It's the sign of an active and well managed site. 90% of sites don't update old content which is annoying when you find it in Google. eg think of a warez site and dead links. Doesn't it piss you off it's not updated and kept current?

Google has a freshness algorithm that ranks newer content higher. By adding new relevant content to an existing topic that topic appears much higher up search results.

The other thing is these old topic that are updated regularly are seen as more important by Google. Why would a topic be bumped if it's not interesting or still relevant? A discussion going on for a number of years must be more interesting that one going on for three days.


People hate finding old unanswered threads. If you have a problem and find an old question but it's not answered you get a very bad impression of the site.

Quality content is what matters. It doesn't matter the age. If the content is relevant and of a high quality it should be posted.

I agree to your point, but in this case what i did was correct.

I dont care if you all cry! Coz he bumped a giveaway thread which is two years old plus the site (reviewthathost.com) was dead too!

@ Yate
Did you not see that the website was out of business when you replied? Just because it was a giveaway you blindly posted some comments without seeing the thread date/that the site is down! Is that not sufficient for an infraction?

Grow up dude! Seriously....

@ All those crying
We MODs cannot monitor each and every topic! When you say - "Why not fucking close it", we say - "Why not fucking report them? "