If you actually read it, you would see that I speak only about old threads. If a thread had been there for months or even years, what is the purpose in deleting it? Did you inadvertently miss that point or specifically chose to ignore it?
Sometimes deleting old threads are just as appropriate as deleting new onesGive me just one reason why deleting an old, long abandoned thread is better than simply locking it
You won't be able to name even one (apart from purely technical issues such as lack of disk space, etc). If there is an old spam thread, it pretty much means that it had been a mod's fault not to delete it right away. Anyway, just locking it would suffice.
First of all, I will say the same thing to you:
{...} Did you inadvertently miss that point or specifically chose to ignore it?
Your question has already been answered.
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I think trashy old threads need to be deleted so people won't participate in such threads again which could reduce trashy/spam threads/posts.
I think trashy old threads need to be deleted so people won't participate in such threads again which could reduce trashy/spam threads/posts.
I'd agree in a way that old threads that had value but were necrod should be locked, however depending on what was posted in the necro these posts should be deleted. For threads that offer nothing but a place for people to build up their post count, they should be deleted (as you said).
Further, I'm myself against raising necrothreads, but if they are left open, mods should expect that they might be and one day will be resurrected,
It's impossible to lock every old threads just because it can be "resurrected". There are many reasons for a thread to be bumbed, though people create new threads normally. And, hilariousandco has already said *only* trashy threads are deleted. If it is a good old thread and was spammed, only spam posts are deleted and maybe locked too!
{...} and there is absolutely no reason to blame folks for doing that (let alone delete their posts in these threads)
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Your post is deleted *only* if it is spam. If it trashy thread, it is deleted and posts in it go along with it to the trashcan. But in your opinion, you shouldn't blame even if the post is spam and shouldn't hold users accounted for it?
#its_all_mods_fault #Power_abusing