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Can the zombie thread warning be made permanent?

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ToadsJustFellFromTheSky · 08/04/2015 19:06

I know the zombie thread warning disappears as soon as a thread has been bumped back up by a couple of posts but why? Could it not be made permanent?

It's annoying when you're reading a thread that looks recent only to realise it's actually a couple of years old (or in the case of a recently bumped up thread, seven years old!) and it's been bumped up again recently. But as the zombie thread warning has now disappeared there are people who don't read all the replies or check the date of the OP before posting and as a result reply to the OP as if it was happening now iyswim.

Also, is it possible for it to be made bigger and more obvious? I know it's pretty obvious already and quite frankly I have no idea how the first poster who bumps it up in the first place doesn't notice it but if it was even more obvious there would be no excuse. Maybe there could be one at the top of the thread as well as the bottom?

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Sparklingbrook · 08/04/2015 23:48

YY to this. That one from 2008 today was ridiculous. Also why is AIBU kept for all eternity?

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ToadsJustFellFromTheSky · 08/04/2015 23:34

I remember that thread but I can't find it. Does anyone have the link to it?

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DramaAlpaca · 08/04/2015 23:33

I'd support making the zombie thread warning permanent, and at the top of the thread too if possible.

I've noticed a good few baby names thread being bumped recently, where the OP's baby must be at least five by now Grin

I remember the thread where the OP answered herself three years later. Twas very funny.

Maryz · 08/04/2015 23:26

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ToadsJustFellFromTheSky · 08/04/2015 23:23

And does anyone remember the thread where the OP answered herself three years later?

I still can't figure out how that happened. Do you think she forgot to name change or something? Confused

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BertieBotts · 08/04/2015 23:09

Although I do find it quite amusing when I find my own reply on an old thread and I don't remember writing it Confused The bookmark feature has now been around so long that it handily zooms me to the right place too.

And does anyone remember the thread where the OP answered herself three years later? Grin It was hilarious!

BertieBotts · 08/04/2015 23:01

Oh, yes, that one was disturbing, you can really see the growth of MN over the last few years - some posts in the first page or so wouldn't be left to stand any more, nor would most people dream of posting them.

Yes can it be at the top? And maybe stay for more than two posts. Sometimes pervs trolls or journalists bump them, one person replies and then the warning is gone. Or the perv troll posts twice to avoid the warning. Whether they do it on purpose or not I don't know - certainly I often double post just because I have something else to add.

Littlefish · 08/04/2015 22:57

I was on a thread some time ago asking for the zombie thread warning to appear at the top of a thread so you would see it before you even started to read it.

MNHQ promised to look into it then, but nothing seems to have happened.

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ToadsJustFellFromTheSky · 08/04/2015 22:52

Maryz that's exactly the one I was referring to and was also the inspiration for this thread.

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MangoJuggler · 08/04/2015 22:49

Yes I concur it would be a good idea.

Obvs have trained self over the years to automatically check date of OP #saddo

Maryz · 08/04/2015 22:40

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