For Jeffbert's eyes only....

[fafner]

A thread can be considered old when it isn't on the first page. Maybe threads on the second page aren't very old either and it doesn't hurt to resurrect them. What isn't good though is to post in a thread (let's say not on the first page) a message that has nothing to do with the actual topic. In this case, the thread comes back on first page without anything interesting in it, while it will push away active threads. Finding the real active threads may then become difficult.

on the last page there is a thread from 1970. what the-?

This is probably a bug. Is is dated from 1/1/1970 12h AM. This is called the Epoch, that is the time referenced by the value 0 (meaning the real date was probably lost).

[Astro Forever]

Jeffbert, dude, exactly how many "old threads" have i posted in?

A lot. At least 40, 50?

In case you wonder, I've deleted some of your posts (20 to 25) so the threds in which they were would go back where they used to be. Like, if the thread dated back to 2004, and you wrote just "eh?" in it, then I deleted that post so the thread wouldn't appear on page 1 or 2, but back with the threads in which the last messages was in 2004. I also deleted messages where you were way off topic (no need to tell us about your past as a moderator in 10 different threads when it's irrelevant to the topic). Mind you, when the topic was old but your reply generated some discussion, or obviously when you were on topic, I didn't delete anything. For example, this post of yours, while it was also in an "old" thread, was relevant to the topic. It's normal that a new member would want to tell us how he discovered Astroboy, we certainly do not forbid this!

If you want a more precise number, just go back to three or four days ago on both forums and read the last replies to check where you posted and what the date of the previous post was. Then add about 25 to that number and you'll get a good estimation.

is a thread counted as old if it is from the previous year or month? me and my idiocy....

What fafner said.

i am seriously going to keep track of everything.but seriously you need to put "tags" on the very old (older than one month) threads.

Doing so wouldn't be a good idea because we do not want to forbid anybody to reply to those threads. It's possible that a member has something relevant to say about a past discussion: a new event coming, a relevant question or a comment, but not just a line or two that are more or less relevant, or where it's just to reply "lol" or something like that.

Every new member will usually "resurrect" a few old threads and that's normal, as long as it's not tens of threads and it doesn't last day after day after day. It's a matter of balance. Another example: if the topic has something to do with New Year's Eve or Valentine's day, it's outdated. If you see something in such a topic that you find especially interesting (an image, a joke, whatever), replying to one or two threads such as these wouldn't be a big deal but doing it time and time again makes it hard to follow the really active threads, as fafner said.

[crazyd2000]

I'm not a mod, so forgive me for this, but I think i can speak for everyone when I say it's annoying when you double post. But I do it occaisionally, and you do it all the time.

[CommanderEVE]

I'm not a mod, so forgive me for this, but I think i can speak for everyone when I say it's annoying when you double post. But I do it occaisionally, and you do it all the time.

O.o easy there crazyd

Well maybe llama did not look at the dates before, it is a very easy mistake but i am sure she or he knows now

[Astro Forever]

Well, instead of posting twice in 5 minutes - especially when nobody else has replied, it's always possible to use the "edit" button at the bottom of the post to modify a post. It's there for 12 hours after the post was sent.