Please clarify your stance on 'Necroing' and 'BEST' threads

mirAcIe·7/30/2016, 10:44:35 AM·1 votes·515 views

I just got warned for posting in an 'old' thread and got this explanation:

"Please make sure to keep an eye out on the date of a discussion and refrain from necroing. If you are having issues or in a similar instance of the discussion, feel free to create a new one to get eyes on it!"

The thread in question: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/h3Gqmeeq-ironstylus-says-deal-with-it-i-say-give-us-our-money-back-or-never-get-any-more-from-us

The reason I posted: when I go to Story, Art, & Sound board threads get sorted by "Best" by default. I see juicy discussions on the FRONT PAGE and I want to join and then I get warned for necroing. What's the point of having the feature to sort them by "Best" if it's there only to provoke people to post so they can get punished? Something is seriously wrong with the current system.

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sheldonbunny7/30/2016, 12:04:53 PM2 votes

Why sort by best instead of recent? I honestly detest the reddit format and have my settings on chronological view instead aka traditional posting board format.

Ok, I just checked what thread you necro'd. I remember it quite well. It was started over a year ago. Any wonder you got in trouble. The last post was around 7 months ago. I think it's common sense that if a topic is dead for that long not to revive it.

Angry Monster7/30/2016, 2:53:34 PM2 votes

My question is why do you think you need to add to a topic that is over a month old, let alone a year?

No one is tracking that thread anymore. Anything you add will be out of context (time wise).

sheldonbunny7/30/2016, 6:38:47 PM1 votes

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I do use FEK. As for proposed solution, if the 7 month gap (or really any set time chosen by Riot) is what makes thread officially dead, then autolocking is the best solution here. I don't know if they are bound by technology, but reserve the right to make a suggestion because this seems like a more reasonable way to fight necroing rather than punishing people for that. Especially since there is a literal showcase of arguably "best" threads asking to be posted in. If they are there to be only viewed, they should be view-only, I don't think that's an unreasonable thing to ask.

And in case you're not familiar with how moderating works here, I will explain why I think this is important. You see, we have some sort of strike system. If you were warned for something recently, your next warning can result in a more severe punishment. If you already received your "severe" punishment, your next "severe" punishment can be even more serious, up to a permaban. And it comes to the fact that your last strike can happen to be for a silly thing like this one. So every warning counts. On GD, we're like a playground for the rule formation, really. And very often we wake up to a new ruleset that leads to a massacre. We are given second chances, but I would prefer not to waste it on non-issues like this one. This really feels like a forced punishment.

I think we found out why we're having differing results then if you're using FEK.

While i've not gone through any punishments from the moderation team, i'm aware of how it works, but thanks for taking the time to explain regardless. I've been a regular lurker of the boards, as well as GD for years. I just sporadically post. I read far more than i'll ever write. I do keep up on the "interesting" dynamic between GD and the mods.

While it's a simple idea (in theory), no idea if it'll get implemented in some capacity. It's been pretty hit and miss what the moderation team listens to and changes.