[For new forums] Notification when trying to post on old thread.
When a forum post has been inactive for a certain amount of time, show a message near the reply text box with "This topic has been inactive for a long time and probably doesn't have to be replied to anymore" or something similar. Just to stop the necro-posting you see on the forums every so often.
If there are ever new forums, it'd be better that they just auotlock after a certain amount of time since the last reply (probably a month or something like that). Doubt we're ever getting them, higher priority has always been the site.
Considering bumping/necro-posting isn't a worry on the new forums it's not high priority, but it's certainly a good idea. I think certain considerations should be taken given the category as well; for instance, in help/support categories it might just prevent them entirely and ask that they post a new thread with more information, since it's likely that's why they didn't get replies.
Bit sad but true, people don't read. It will at least give mods something to point towards to when people try to appeal with "But I didn't notice it was so old!" or "How am I supposed to know what 'too old' is?!".
We're a community of 4.3 million creative members sharing everything Minecraft since 2010! Even if you don't post your own creations, we always appreciate feedback on ours.
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Opened by Pepijn
[For new forums] Notification when trying to post on old thread.