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Mumsmet · 01/02/2018 11:23
Please can someone explain why people hate it so much when someone resurrects a so called 'Zombie' thread? I just happened to comment on an old post earlier and it seems to have conjured up so much anger.
LornaMumsnet · 01/02/2018 11:57
Hi Mumsmet,
Thanks for your question. As you can see, a few MNers have already put you in the picture regarding zombie threads! The main bugbear for most users is when they take time to read through acres of posts only to realise it all happened a few years ago.
We've addressed this by providing warnings on the text box of zombie threads which encourage posters to start a new thread.
LornaMumsnet · 01/02/2018 12:13
Also, just a teeny tiny plea.
Posting on zombie threads isn't against TG unless it's done to be goady or it's all a poster is here to do (which we'd consider to be goady).
We know many of our users find it annoying and we will continue to push your feedback up to the top bosses but could we please remember that posters aren't always aware of the annoyance around zombies, and most of the time, post unintentionally?
LornaMumsnet · 01/02/2018 12:22
@Sparklingbrook
Having the Zombie warning stay after it has been resurrected would help. Then people can see it's a Zombie still.
Trending? ARGH. That is NOT meant to happen and is one of the techy changes we made to zombie threads.
Sorry folks, we didn't actually realise that this had happened. Will let tech know right away so that this doesn't happen again.
FlissMumsnet · 01/02/2018 22:01
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