RE: Campaign for the closing of the 'Aren't you atheists taking a big risk?' thread
August 3, 2012 at 11:59 pm
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2012 at 1:09 am by Rayaan.)
I know that many of you guys find it annoying that the thread keeps getting necroposted over and over again. You want it to die so badly, but it doesn't. 
But, I think that the easiest solution is to simply not pay attention to what gets posted in that thread. If you do feel tempted to click there, then just read whatever is there and click out of the thread without posting anything. That's what I've been doing every time I see a new post in that thread.
There is really nothing to do if someone wants to post there after a month later. To my understanding, necroposting is especially frowned upon if it is just an "I agree" reply on a topic buried ages ago or something along those lines. And like Shell B said, we tend to close threads only when necessary such as when they become completely out of control (flame wars, trolling, etc). In this case, it appears that the only reason you are asking the thread to be closed is to prevent others from posting in that thread. We do not close threads for that particular reason, however.
But, I think that the easiest solution is to simply not pay attention to what gets posted in that thread. If you do feel tempted to click there, then just read whatever is there and click out of the thread without posting anything. That's what I've been doing every time I see a new post in that thread.There is really nothing to do if someone wants to post there after a month later. To my understanding, necroposting is especially frowned upon if it is just an "I agree" reply on a topic buried ages ago or something along those lines. And like Shell B said, we tend to close threads only when necessary such as when they become completely out of control (flame wars, trolling, etc). In this case, it appears that the only reason you are asking the thread to be closed is to prevent others from posting in that thread. We do not close threads for that particular reason, however.
