REVIVING OLD THREADS! VERY OLD!!!!

OldGoat

On another note, "Anonymous" is probably how the site portrays former members who have left, or been banned.

I believe the Anonymous posts are the result of some issue resolving some members' usernames in the database during one or another of the several forum upgrades.

At the user level, we, as members, do not have access to the tools to end our membership. When the full suite of tools is available, if a member leaves and actively deletes their account, every post by that member and every thread they started is irretrievably deleted, including posts/replies by other members to threads they started. Obviously this can be massively destructive, so perhaps it's a good idea to keep it out of our hands.  

GMorrison

 

Typically when I see a zombie thread get replied to in a way that suggests that the replier did not notice the date of the OP, it's a new member. 

Normally yes, that would be the case. But this recent spat of them is differant. The person reviving them is not new and seems to know exactly what he is doing. The question is, why.

GMorrison

 

OldGoat

On another note, "Anonymous" is probably how the site portrays former members who have left, or been banned. 

 

 

 

Neither of those. Members who I have known who were banned still have their original names attached to their posts.

 

There seems to be a higher level of banning "with extreme prejudice". Or, people ask to have their names removed.

I know that Manstein is one of those.

 

Yup, all his stuff seems to fall into that catagory. HvH has not posted in years, yet his stuff still shows under his name. And his resurrected name for the few posts he did on his brief return last year... There is banning, and then there is exile to the phantom zone...

I first found this forum while doing a google search for a review of a particular kit. For that reason, it's nice to have old threads remain on the site.

Typically when I see a zombie thread get replied to in a way that suggests that the replier did not notice the date of the OP, it's a new member.

I do like to poke fun at that, but it's not meant to hurt. I'll probably stop doing so.

I was just searching for something on www and found whats a common type of forum discussion. My God people get horrible out there. And childish. It makes the current political trainwreck look like a retired librarian convention. So I'm going to try to reduce the snark.

OldGoat

On another note, "Anonymous" is probably how the site portrays former members who have left, or been banned. 

There seems to be a higher level of banning "with extreme prejudice". Or, people ask to have their names removed.

I know that Manstein is one of those.

I'm beginning to wonder if this is the handiwork of a previously banned member. Someone who may have who created another profile shortly before the banning.

If not, why would someone feel compelled to answer a five year old question?

On another note, "Anonymous" is probably how the site portrays former members who have left, or been banned. 

Yeah I've walked into threads that are only MONTHS old, say six months, or a year old and had my ass handed to me on a silver platter. The rpf is notorious for this stupid, and incessant badgering of members when they see something they don't like. In this case maybe the "new member", or "anonymous" is the same guy that came back after all this time to see that he no longer has a membership here after being gone for so long, and decided to re-register as someone else? You'll see stupidity like this all over the forums where someone has forgotten their password, and they have a new email address, and can't get back in, and they will make up a new identity, and everyone remembers their shenanigans from before. Then they get banned for having multiple accounts. Sometimes they do it on purpose.  It's hard telling why some poeple feel compelled to do these things. I say oooppps! and go on, or delete my message, and put ........... in its' place if I find that I've posting thinking that I was making a difference. This way you can either tell them that you thought it was a new thread, or or a combination of OOOPPPPPpsss!.................... I thought that this was new thread - sorry!  Something like that.

~ Cobra Chris

CN Spots

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Could someone post "anonymous" questions back then?  That might explain why that name shows up so much.

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It is my understanding that those who have been exorcised from the FSM forum contribute their posts to an anonymous account.

Here is an example in a thread revived by Mustang1989:

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/147757.aspx?page=1

a post roughly 3/4 down from top of page 1 of the thread

Would be an interesting game for long term members to try matching anonymous posts with the long gone originating members.

Jon_a_its

Could be becouse on the Recent Discussions page the pages are listed

1..7 a tiny >> & a Large Last>> button

I've frequently clicked the >>Last button by mistake especially when using the phone & not noticed the dates...

Pergaps the MODS should archive & lock anything over a year old, while still leaving it available for searching & refs... 

 

Could someone post "anonymous" questions back then?  That might explain why that name shows up so much.

Rather than locking old threds just have it play a sound bite of Randy Travis' "Diggin up Bones" when you click on the reply button.

DURR

about 10 or so yrs ago i revived a few old posts and got my butt handed to me on a platter  for it by some people And a few that did are still here today

 

Seems to me the mistake would be discovered when the originator of the thread didn't respond. The thread would simply stop garnering new posts. 

spiralcity

..................There has been a rash of revived 2003 post. Why 2003?

 

Might be a good script topic for one of the new X-Files shows..............

Could be becouse on the Recent Discussions page the pages are listed

1..7 a tiny >> & a Large Last>> button

I've frequently clicked the >>Last button by mistake especially when using the phone & not noticed the dates...

Pergaps the MODS should archive & lock anything over a year old, while still leaving it available for searching & refs... 

Well...........maybe zombies are more polite? 

I would like to make a small point with what I have observed on these forums. You gentleman have been very civil with how you have delt with this subject of zombie threads. Those who made comments did not degading the user in question, but made solid arguments. To me this is quite good!

I came from some motorcycle forums that would ridicule and shame a person for re-opening a zombie thread. Some to the point they would leave the forums.

I guess this is some of the reason that many of you "old" guys have been around for 12-14 years! Says a lot about these forums.

plasticjunkie

I think that maybe someone starts looking at the threads and pays no attention to the original starting date. That hapenned to me a couple of times but realized it to be a zombie thread just before posting when I saw the previous posting date.

 

^^^ This.  It happens. I've done it too.

Gary

I think that maybe someone starts looking at the threads and pays no attention to the original starting date. That hapenned to me a couple of times but realized it to be a zombie thread just before posting when I saw the previous posting date.

I too have noticed lately, that there are some repeated threads. I'll have to side on what Nathan said ....start new threads and move on !!. If I'm so bored and have nothing say in the general discussion but rehash 14 year old treads just to sterr up crap ....then ...it's obviously I'm not buildings models .

well, well, its like an old timer reunion thread. So I joined 14 years ago.  14! Where did the time go?!

tempestjohnny

Hey I'm an old guy from 2003 too

 

Im also from 2003, but I'm young.  Hahahahahaha!

Tojo72

2003 was my 1st year here also,can't believe it.

 

mississippivol

Hey, I remember that thread....just now got around to reading it....

 

Its beginning to sound like a reunion...!

Noticed he only answers posts started by Anonymous?

Yeah, MM 66 was on a roll the other day digging up the thread graveyard. I thought he was a new member looking to answer stuff and be helpful... But then I saw he'd been on here awhile...

fermis

I'm gonna remember this thread....and will write a proper response in 2025!!!!

 

atta boy fermis. I'll be waiting.

I'm gonna remember this thread....and will write a proper response in 2025!!!!

It's never good to bring up zombie threads. Start your own thread for $&&@-'xb sake. After all, the person who initially resurrects the thread does not do it by accident. 

hogfanfs

But, it may not be a bad thing to revisit some of these subjects, and see what people opinions are now.

Sure, but a lot of the replies which revived some of those zombie threads were simply repeating comments which had already been made 13 years ago.

If it was a new perspective or if it involved new technologies, materials or techniques which weren't around when originally posted, I'd agree that it might be helpful to some members. However, something which essentially says "me too" on a 13 year old thread contributes little, except to the poster's post count.

2003 was my 1st year here also,can't believe it.

spiralcity

There has been a rash of revived 2003 post. Why 2003?

Must have been a good year.