New trend? Autor de la hebra: Robert Rietvelt
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Is it just me, or are we witnessing a new trend on Proz, namely reopening/reviving old/closed threads? On moment of writing I count around 20 cases (depends on where you draw the line).
On itself nothing wrong with it, but in some cases a bit confusing, reading an old post (+ recent answer) about an obsolete CAT-tool for example.
Are we out of questions?
[Edited at 2021-01-11 12:56 GMT]
| | | | Samuel Murray 
Países Bajos
Local time: 20:08
Miembro 2006
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| No, it's an old trend | Jan 11 |
Robert Rietvelt wrote:
Is it just me, or are we witnessing a new trend on Proz, namely reopening/reviving old/closed threads?
No, it's an old trend. I sometimes wish ProZ.com would indicate more clearly that it is an OLD thread, so that we don't spend time reading the first few posts, only to discover that the most recent post is (almost always) completely irrelevant.
| | | | Robert Rietvelt
Local time: 20:08
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Samuel Murray wrote:
Robert Rietvelt wrote:
Is it just me, or are we witnessing a new trend on Proz, namely reopening/reviving old/closed threads?
No, it's an old trend. I sometimes wish ProZ.com would indicate more clearly that it is an OLD thread, so that we don't spend time reading the first few posts, only to discover that the most recent post is (almost always) completely irrelevant.
It is not the first time I noticed, but it seems to happen a lot more now then before.
| | | | Stepan Konev
Federación Rusa
Local time: 22:08
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In my opinion, having dozens of comments in one thread is better than having dozens of threads with short discussions of the same subject.
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| Agree with both suggestions | Jan 11 |
I see nothing wrong with necro threads. If it's the same issue, it doesn't necessarily need a new thread. But it would be nice to have an [OLD] marker for anything over a certain number of years old. That way posters can decide whether to update the thread or start a new one, and repliers won't get too worked up trying to resolve ancient troubles.
| | | | Lincoln Hui
Hong Kong
Local time: 03:08
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In fact it's gone down a lot over the last few months. There's been a dearth of 10-plus-year necros lately.
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It's quite baffling and annoying at times, yet it seems necro-posting has always been extremely well tolerated in these forums.
| | | | Samuel Murray
Países Bajos
Local time: 20:08
Miembro 2006
inglés al afrikaans
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Stepan Konev wrote:
In my opinion, having dozens of comments in one thread is better than having dozens of threads with short discussions of the same subject.
True, but these posters who raise threads from the dead typically do not read all of the previous posts. They read the first post, and then respond to it. Subsequent readers then have to figure out if it's worth reading and responding to that latest post, since it could well be that the poster is simply restarting a discussion that has already reached a conclusion somewhere in the previous pages. It's fine when a thread is current -- it is being followed by many people how generally keep up with the flow of the various arguments in it. But some resurrecting posters typically do not care about fruitful discussion: they just want to see their name appear in the posts list. Other necro-posters are genuinely interested in continuing the conversation, but I prefer them to start a new thread (with a link to the old thread).
[Edited at 2021-01-12 12:30 GMT]
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Sometimes an SAR approach can be really helpful. You know, you see what's been posted already and sometimes you get a lightbulb moment. When it helps you understand something you are currently dealing with, then previous - even ancient - posts can help you through the thinking process. It can start making sense thanks to ye olde poste.
I've done this on the KudoZ archives a couple of times in the past. For the record, I plead "not guilty" to ever multi updating anything, now or in ... See more Sometimes an SAR approach can be really helpful. You know, you see what's been posted already and sometimes you get a lightbulb moment. When it helps you understand something you are currently dealing with, then previous - even ancient - posts can help you through the thinking process. It can start making sense thanks to ye olde poste.
I've done this on the KudoZ archives a couple of times in the past. For the record, I plead "not guilty" to ever multi updating anything, now or in ye olde paste. ▲ Collapse
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