"Close" old threads?

... I am 20 minutes away from a reliable source of popcorn. Could you hold it for a while..?

Just saw an update by the OP to a 3 year old thread that was most pertinent. They couldn’t update the OP, so just posted an update.
I didn’t feel strongly one way or the other when I started this thread...am now leaning toward no changes needed. JSYK

Originally Posted by ntubski I have the impression that these "lock old thread" suggestions tend to pop up after necroposts by spambots

This is what typically happens.

I've thought about it, and I propose that necroposts by new users automatically go into moderation, and do not appear until they've been manually moderator-approved. In the same way that posts to the Linux - News forum go into moderation.

Necroposts from established users should remain unrestricted.

Originally Posted by dugan This is what typically happens. I've thought about it, and I propose that necroposts by new users automatically go into moderation, and do not appear until they've been manually moderator-approved. In the same way that posts to the Linux - News forum go into moderation. Necroposts from established users should remain unrestricted.

Not sure how hard it would be to implement, but I actually do like that idea...

Originally Posted by Timothy Miller Not sure how hard it would be to implement, but I actually do like that idea...

As did I, when I suggested it here:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post5875206

A couple of things.

Someone doesn't look at how old the thread is but after posting to that thread believes Jeremy/LinuxQuestions should do something about it rather than thinking, "Maybe I should look at the age of the topics I post to".

Originally Posted by frankbell I also like ChuangTzu's suggestion. I was going to suggest a dialog popping up saying something like "This thread has been inactive for [unit time]. Are you sure you wish to continue?"

Originally Posted by jeremy We have done this (in bold red even), in addition to disabling quick reply, for quite some time. --jeremy

Okay, this notification would only be displayed for the first person replying to the old thread? So back to the first point.

i'm sure we're all waiting impatiently for LQ 2.0...

Perhaps, instead of closing old threads, they could be tagged as [OLD THREAD], similar to [Solved]. Or color code the subject area, if thats even possible.

Originally Posted by beahuan Perhaps, instead of closing old threads, they could be tagged as [OLD THREAD], similar to [Solved]. Or color code the subject area, if thats even possible.

Already done.

he is a spammer, it was simply repost of post #12