Zombies...again.

I've never seen a zombie warning on the phone app.... and it's the only way I access it, so unless I remember to check the original date if the thread is activated again I don't realise

Zombie warning at the top please. Don't lock old threads

Age!!!

Agr = agr

Why would you have an issue with a larger note at the top of the thread making the agr obvious, first?

Look at the daye and jump to the end then

Why did the picture go? I liked it.

If threads were locked though, there wouldn't have been the amusing incident where a poster asked a question about a pushchair, no-one responded, then she answered herself about 3 years later, obviously completely forgetting starting the thread

I too would like the zombie back please, he was cute. Maybe make him bigger and redder.

Also maybe every time someone types a comment and presses post, a popup asking if they are sure they want to post on a Zombie thread. Then they can positively say no or be eaten alive 💀

That's the point, first - it's read by accident as we think it's a current thread!

I would be happy with a big warning at the top saying "the OP is more than 12 m old" that didn't go away. Rather than locking.

I could then jump to the end of a bumped thread and see if it was an update, or a similar question (in which case I would answer that, not the OP, which would be more helpful)

Dont read it if it really bothers you i totally disagree. It avoods repetition

But if someone recently commented they may have a similar issue. That reactivates the tread and they get personalised responses.

Usually most of the responses are to the original author of the thread though. They're better starting a new thread for personalised responses and people don't have to read a load of posts that have nothing to do with the question that's being asked.

But if someone recently commented they may have a similar issue. That reactivates the tread and they get personalised responses.
I did this recently not realising what a Z was and got some good responses. So i dont see the big deal. Mountains and molehills.

You could still contribute your useful info and someone still may benefit if the threwd is active.

It's annoying to read about,say, a weaning problem, think you've got something helpful to say so you'll just read a few pages and check no one else said it.. then realise it's 5 years old and the child in question is no longer refusing mashed banana!!

Why is it such a problem

I like the qualification idea.

Also, the warning (or color if that is used) used to go away after a nubmer of posts. So you would get the resurrection then fifteen posts saying this is a zombie thread and one or two proper answers.

") stop new members from reviving zombie threads - give them a 90 day qualification period to stop the bloody spammers, who are the most annoying and prolific voodoo artists."

Genius.

Well they won't have got to it by trawling to page 2,000 Livia. They'll have searched "should toddlers wear reins", seen that the first hit is an interesting looking MN thread and dived in - not noticing that the thread dates from 1837, partly because MNHQ deliberately removed the zombie picture and replaced it with an invisibly discreet little note.

Also of course on lots of fora you'd be shot for starting a thread on anything that anyone had ever discussed before, so if you did start a thread on toddler reins you'd have a load of people yelling "FFS we already have a thread on this subject! It was in 1837, can't you be bothered to search?!"

Anyway, IMO MNHQ should a) reinstate the zombie picture warning b) introduce a pop up "This thread was last posted on in 1748. Are you sure you really want to post on it? Wouldn't you rather start a new one?" so that nobody could revive a thread by accident c) stop new members from reviving zombie threads - give them a 90 day qualification period to stop the bloody spammers, who are the most annoying and prolific voodoo artists.

@IonaMumsnet - could all threads over a certain age be put into a particular colour - in the same way that I can turn my posts green - maybe all threads over 6-12 months old be automatically turned grey?

Most of the ones I have seen bumped are by people who appear incapable of understanding that a thread on page 2,000 of a board is probably not going to be that recent!

Spammers, witch doctors, spell casters, ie the ones we see most often resurrecting zombies on R'ships don't care a jot about the zombie warning on the thread. They just want it bumped up where it will be seen.

I think threads should be locked after, say, a month. If the OP wants to update they email MNHQ.

There was one a few weeks ago about someone's toddler. People were merrily commenting despite the fact that the child would be about 6 by now!

Fair point

Discussing someone's divorce or bereavement from 8 years ago may be 'interesting' but when people start to pile in to add their twopennworth and ask for updates it can feel morally questionable.

Most people don't do this on purpose and a bigger warning, before you can post on a zombie thread would help.

I must be the only person on here that doesn't mind zombie threads. A discussion is just as interesting whether it's 8 hours old or 8 years old.

the fact I don't recognise any of the user names

Funny, the first thing that normally alerts me is thinking "I haven't seen her around for ages!" or "Didn't she namechange years ago?"