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Is necroposting seen as a problem here on PF? Screenshot below from another forum shows an approach to avoiding necroposts, at least those unintentional ones.
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Once in a while I mass close thread old threads. I happens here and there, but I wouldn't say it's a problem.
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Necroposts can indicate a spam setup, so we do watch them pretty closely. They can indicate other problems, but sometimes they are just well-meaning attempts to help in an old thread. We check them all out, and deal with them accordingly. They stand out enough that I don't think we need any special signalling algorithm addition.
Plus, the PF members are great at flagging necroposts via the Report mechanism, so we don't miss many such issues.
Plus, the PF members are great at flagging necroposts via the Report mechanism, so we don't miss many such issues.