To ask for zombie threads to be locked

[kawliga]

Gah, just poured my heart out on a zombie thread. Not for the first time. Nothing worse than giving advice to a poster only to realize she had that problem in 2009 and she has definitely moved on by now.

Yes it would be a good idea for the warnings to stay permanently.

I think YABU.

Original posters sometimes like to update their threads. Doesn't happen often on AIBU but fairly common on relationships, or TTC threads that entail a bit of progression and significant back story. Some people prefer to update a thread rather than start a new one explaining what happened and all the details All. Over. Again.

Sometimes a lurker feels the thread closely reflects their own circumstances and posts under the thread, instead of starting their ownbecause, they identify with it, and have read the responses and want to receive responses from the same posters.

I search old threads for info all the time. I recently wanted to research people's opinions were on a form of clothing for exeama and am glad that MNHQ do not automatically delete threads that are years old.

Typos!

The bumping of a zombie thread from years ago by the OP can't happen very often at all.

I think AIBU should go after 90 days TBH.

Does it matter? Other's read it.

usually by a spammer or troll

This. Usually it is a spammer who bumps it up. Just to be clear, I do search threads from google and love reading old threads, so it is good that the threads are immortal and will be on the internet forever and ever (ha, long live MN).

But I have never been guilty of responding to an old thread that I have pulled up from google, obviously. The danger begins when a spammer bumps it up, then lots of posters pile in without realizing that it's a nasty spammer who resurrected it.

It matters when it's bumped by a spammer or a troll then nobody RTFT and starts responding to the OP from 2007 or something.

MNHQ will be after you soon for posting in aibu😐

I posted similar a couple of days ago, asking for the zombie warning at the beginning of the thread. MNHQ repliedreplied to say i was not bu to ask, and she would ask techs, but was bu for not posting in site stuff.......

I did point out that this request has been made in site stuff ad nauseum with no action taken.

Good luck! Warning at beginning and a better search facility would improve things no end!

Good point, should have posted in site stuff. Sorry MNHQ.

YANBU

I don't understand the logic of allowing zombie threads and for the zombie thread warning to disappear once a zombie thread has been resurrected with a few posts.

It's ANNOYING

BTW you should report this thread so that MNHQ sees it.