What do we do - Members bringing old posts to the top

ar888, that is really irritating, I have zeroed it down on Shantanu and dyke_of_bay and I think they are the same person.

Who is doing that in your forums?

What I do is, I promptly delete all messages that brought those up (I have prewarned them), and then I lock that thread. But this is a major inconvinience. Blocking those users IMHO is not a good solution, since they will register again.

Shantanu has shown up has 1amShantanuB, dyke_of_bay, and 1amShanatanuBsMa. 1amShanatanuBsMa posts messages looking for her lost son ... so he does have a sense of humor :) .. but the part I don't like is that all the stats people collect so painstaklingly, these people try and mess with that by bringing old posts up.
 
Originally posted by Silly Man
ar888, that is really irritating, I have zeroed it down on Shantanu and dyke_of_bay and I think they are the same person.

Who is doing that in your forums?

What I do is, I promptly delete all messages that brought those up (I have prewarned them), and then I lock that thread. But this is a major inconvinience. Blocking those users IMHO is not a good solution, since they will register again.

Shantanu has shown up has 1amShantanuB, dyke_of_bay, and 1amShanatanuBsMa. 1amShanatanuBsMa posts messages looking for her lost son ... so he does have a sense of humor :) .. but the part I don't like is that all the stats people collect so painstaklingly, these people try and mess with that by bringing old posts up.
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Silly Man,

Yes, it is the same dyke_of_bay here. A mere warning will not stop them. May be I'll do the same (what you'r doing), but as you said, it is a major inconvinience.
 
closing the thread

should eventually move it down, as i have done to some of his threads. I do not recommend deleting the thread 'cos they might do this to some useful threads.
 
I deleted only posts which brought that thread up. The problem is, while that post stays on the top, someone puts it into the approvals thread. So I need to keep checking the approvals thread every hour or so.

I've tried and marked the top of the post in red lettering saying, "This is an old approval, donot post it to the main approvals thread in June" .. guess what .. someone still did it.
 
If you disable these accounts, that idiot will sign up as a new user, and then we wouldn't know who to watch for.
 
One solution: If a reply is posted to a post greater than 6 months old, send an email to the moderator (with a subject line besides "reply to .." so we know what to watch out for. The moderator can then delete that reply and push it down if it deserves to be.

Not sure if thats a huge big deal to implement.
 
Different Opinion...

What is the problem? Why cant somebody revive a 6 month old post? Any "idiot" who reads it know that it originated 6 months ago. So what is the harm?
 
jaxen, folks track approvals posted in a particular month. This DOB dude posts a normal "Congratulatiosn" messsage on such a thread, which brings it right on top ..

So an approval that was posted in dec 2001, ends up being tracked in june 2002. Just because people overlook the date change in that one post (real easy to do).
 
This is a game of patience

I will disable the account in such a way that they would have to create a new account with a new e-mail. Usually people give up after a while.

Just give me a list of users that are creating problems, if you like folks.
 
Re: Different Opinion...

Originally posted by jaxen
What is the problem? Why cant somebody revive a 6 month old post? Any "idiot" who reads it know that it originated 6 months ago. So what is the harm?
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As I've already said, it'll confuse the members who don't generaly verify the date it originally (I mean the original thread) posted. Imagine, 10 old threads coming to the top pushing down all the new ones and the problem it causes to the member who is looking for the 'current' information.
 
Re: This is a game of patience

Originally posted by operations
I will disable the account in such a way that they would have to create a new account with a new e-mail. Usually people give up after a while.

Just give me a list of users that are creating problems, if you like folks.
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In '485 issues in VSC' it is "dyke_of_bay ".
 
Originally posted by Silly Man
One solution: If a reply is posted to a post greater than 6 months old, send an email to the moderator (with a subject line besides "reply to .." so we know what to watch out for. The moderator can then delete that reply and push it down if it deserves to be.

Not sure if thats a huge big deal to implement.
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This could be a good solution, if it can be done.
 
Re: Re: This is a game of patience

Originally posted by ar888
In '485 issues in VSC' it is "dyke_of_bay ".
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I have sent him/her a private request. Let me know if the behaviour persists.
 
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