Why ISN'T Necroing allowed?

[BlitzCometITU]

I don't understand the whole necro thing, if you don't want the alert, unwatch the thread. \(-.-)/

 

[RC_4777]

I don't understand the whole necro thing, if you don't want the alert, unwatch the thread. \(-.-)/

I don't want to go through hundreds of threads and unwatch them.

 

[Diar]

From the rules:

4. Do not grave-dig/necropost: Posting on old threads that serve no purpose is unnecessary and gives people unneeded alerts.

• If a thread has gone one month without any new posts, it is considered old and posting on it will be considered necroposting.
• If the thread is still relevant and important, necroposting on it is allowed.
• If the thread has a new update, necroposting on it is allowed.

The majority of necroposts, although they may be done on good and interesting threads, are done purely for the sake of necroposting. That is the only exception to the above rule.

 

[RC_4777]

You only get alerts when you have posted on a thread recently...

It does that for spans of like a week or two, but for some reason after it's been months it forgets >.>

 

[DJ Kitty]

I think necroing should be allowed as long as it is on topic and not someone necroing and saying something dumb like "I like pie"

 

[Pixelatorx2]

It does that for spans of like a week or two, but for some reason after it's been months it forgets >.>

Im right, right?

 

[RC_4777]

Im right, right?

Yeah, it does stop giving alerts when you haven't posted recently. It just messes up sometimes.

 

[BlitzCometITU]

I don't want to go through hundreds of threads and unwatch them.

You're not going to get 100s of necro posts. Just unwatch the ones that were necro'd.

 

[Denster91]

I think necroing should be allowed as long as it is on topic and not someone necroing and saying something dumb like "I like pie"

It is allowed as long as the post is on topic, and you can see this stated in the rules that Kraidium quoted a few posts ago. However, the vast majority of necro's are people saying "NECRO!!!1!!111!" or other similar things. Simply put, if a necro is relevant to the topic of the thread, and the thread is still relevant as well, it shouldn't get locked.

 

[RC_4777]

You're not going to get 100s of necro posts. Just unwatch the ones that were necro'd.

The ones that get necro'd are typically locked anyway. I'd rather not have to get an alert in the first place.

 

[BlitzCometITU]

The ones that get necro'd are typically locked anyway. I'd rather not have to get an alert in the first place.

Just ignore it, 1 alert that you don't even have to check is not going to change your life.

 

[The_Great_Tito]

Giving people useless alerts which are not needed

Then un-watch the thread..?