Is it me ? People should stop Doing this here at Warrior Forum !!

Today? been seeing that for a while now. Threads are popping up from 4 -5 years ago.

I agree Robert. Especially since IM changes so much in just one year. Threads from five years ago aren't very relevant.

Old threath could give wrong information because nowdays many things are changed!
I hope WF do something about that

everyone should start reporting the posts/threads to mods asking to delete recent posts and close thread. I think they might start to get the picture if they become overrun with reported threads, and maybe start spending time closing the old threads in order to preempt this practice

al

Resurrecting threads from a few months back is one thing but years? good grief. There was a good bit of that going on over at MMG forum a few months ago, but the mods put a kibosh to that thankfully.

Whenever I notice an increase in thread resurrections, they usually appear to cover one specific topic,
and are brought back alive by those who are marketing something related.

I.E. if that was my business model, I would simply look up all old threads that ask about music or sound etc, and I would respond to an old thread with something intelligent sounding, in hopes that all the convos continue so I can keep jumping in (without pointing to my sig.)

Other dumbasses simply resurrect threads on a related topic to what they are marketing,
and blatantly spam a link instead.

(don't go getting any ideas kids).

The flip side of that coin is that we are constantly telling people to search the archives for answers.

If, in fact, the answers that they find aren't suitable, or raise more questions for that person... doesn't a resurrection of an old post permit current updates to old strategies to be posted "in context"?

I've seen the old threads being used for spam purposes as well, but locking older threads may not be the best answer. If we can spot sig spam... can't the mods do the same and then take action on just those that break the rules?

^Sid took the words right out of my mouth. Can't have your cake and eat it too if the user resurrecting is acting without malicious intent.

I was wondering why I was getting traffic from some old threads that I made posts in 4 years ago...
makes sense now.

I have never understood why people have an issue with old threads. If it wasn't still relevant, it would not have shown up in search results. The age of a thread has nothing to do with its relevance. The content of the thread is what keeps bringing it up. Obviously people still have questions on the topic. So I can't see what the problem is. Would anyone mind explaining the 'old thread' issue to me, please? Thanks.

I agree with the obvious and blatant spam. Everyone with one eye and half sense can see what some people are doing when they resurrect old threads.

Here's another scenario though that happens all the time.

Joe Newbie starts a thread about how to dig himself out of his financial hole. He's immediately told to use the search button because this exact question has been asked 100s of times and gets the impression (or is directly told) that if he doesn't do so then he is lazy.

Joe finds a thread from 5 years ago that seems to be along the lines of what he's been thinking about doing to build a second income: writing short reports and selling them for $7.

However he isn't clear about one part: Everyone in the thread mentioned Clickbank and PayPal as legitimate ways to take orders but no one mentioned 2CO and he's heard that they are best for digital products but he's not sure which one to use and if the information is current.

So should he ask his question in the 5 year old thread or start a new one - where he'll be likely told that the question of payment processors have been brought up hundreds of times and he needs to use the search button?

Mark

Ironically today's resurrected topic seems to be:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-products.html

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-products.html

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...lr-ebooks.html

By the time you read the last post in each. (all the same person),
I trust that the mods would have caught on, and removed the helpful reply as to where one might find PLR.

I'm not sure I understand threads like THIS one.

It's a public forum right? If those OLD threads are part of the public forum and someone stumbles across them and thinks they have something to add to them where's the harm?

If they shouldn't be added to then perhaps they should be be 'closed' so they can't be 'resurrected', which makes them only available for historical and/or reference purposes.

Why not just automatically lock threads after they pass a certain threshold like 30 days? Other forums do this.

I'll tell you what I think about it in 5 years.

I personally have no issue with old threads popping up if it is a genuine post.. but if is brought out because of simply spamming.. then not cool not cool..

A newbie will try to start a new thread and then in turn be advised to search the forum instead.. I understand the frustration since it happened to me before. I guess only the moderator or WF can suggest a better the to lock the thread or what..

Cheers! Stay cool~

you're right. professorrosado ...! best response of thread