Solved Locking threads after a year

[Cyprus]

and something we've disgust internally with our staff.

Autocorrect?

 

[Chickassan]

A problem is a problem and if a person has gone to the trouble to search out a zombie thread so what?
Get in there and Dr.Frankenstein, give some help if you can and assist the poor soul in resurrecting that sucker.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Autocorrect?

LOL! Maybe?

 

[Kathy Golla]

Thanks for the discussion! This is actually something that's been brought up and suggested many times over the years, and something we've disgust internally with our staff.

We absolutely see the reasons why this could be helpful, but we also acknowledge that the pros of leaving old threads open and available to new activity, tend to outweigh the cons.

Thanks for the reply, @Nifty-Chicken. Appreciate it.

 

[Percheron chick]

ETA:
Hello BYC site moderators.
Could I ask if locking threads to replies after a certain timeframe has ever been considered? Like maybe a year?
There are a ton of people who reply to archival threads ,and it displays as if it were a new post.
On the emergency forum there are four just tonight. One post is from 2006.
It really clogs up the forums, and seems unnecessary and ineffective.

. I'm with ya. I don't bother replying to a resurrected thread even if I have something of value to add. Start your own thread. 95% of the participants are long gone. What breed or gender? Pretty sure that chicken is dead.

 

[WVduckchick]

This thread is a perfect example of a new thread being started when the answer already exists in an old thread. A tagalong to an old thread about RE-considering it could have been asked.

But every question has merit, even if it has been answered a hundred times.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Kudos to the first person that can find a thread that has a similar answer and post a link here.... GO!

 

[WVduckchick]

Kudos to the first person that can find a thread that has a similar answer and post a link here.... GO!

I didn’t say it was EASY.

 

[The Moonshiner]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/locking-old-posts.169358/#post-2037523

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/who-thinks-this-would-be-a-good-idea.579000/#post-7520236

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/locking-old-posts.169358/#post-2037523

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/who-thinks-this-would-be-a-good-idea.579000/#post-7520236

BRILLIANT!!!