for posting a drab reply to an over 30 day thread. here is my question. if it is against the rules to post to threads over 30 days old and closed threads are still readable and searchable why not automatically close threads that have not had activity for 30 days. as evidence now that i have been given an infraction the thread is closed. had the thread been closd after 30 days no infraction would have occured.
Originally Posted by petiteassman
OK PAM, lets discuss this. Here is the Forum Guidelines concerning this matter
#13 - In our review forums, be mindful of the 'maturity' of threads you are posting to, ie. the date of the last item posted. We ask that you refrain from posting to a review in which the last post was made 30 or more days ago. Some exceptions may apply if you are providing relevant, valuable or updated information about the provider, but as a general rule of thumb, this can best be accomplished by writing a new review altogether and avoiding the bumping of old ones. This applies to our review forums, in particular, as discussion threads are often allowed to flow for an unspecified length of time.
We simply ask that
REVIEW threads not be posted to after 30 days from the last post to it.
In regular forum discussions, they are often exempt from 30 day posting limit, that is at a moderators discretion. We simply ask that IF you are going to bump one of these old threads just be adding some relevant or important to the discussion. We have all seen the thread bumps that say "I agree" or "+1" or other that is irrelevant.
Now in your particular complaint above, you bumped a 5 month old REVIEW that was previously bumped after being idle for a year, to post the following
an oxymoron
Originally Posted by petiteassman
Here is the review thread for everyone's reference
http://www.eccie.net/showthread.php?...22#post1777822
Do you really think that you are providing relevant, valuable or updated information about the provider in this case? If you can convince me that that particular post is relevant to that particular review, I will reverse those points, right now (and I did not give them to you).
To address your question in post #7 above;
We are not going to go through and lock reviews automatically after 30 days because
1. Someone may have something VERY relevant to add down the road, and
2. We simply expect all members to follow the rules of the site, ones that you agreed to when you joined up here.
When you don't, that's when you will hear from a moderator.