Is the "Recommended Reading" algorithm promoting necroposting?
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It probably is the reason for the necroposting. Some of them are a little interesting though and I don't see it as a big deal.
On one forum I'm on, the information in some old threads can be really dated and not much of it would apply now. But as for all things saxophone, what can really go out of date? Heck some of us play on vintage instruments from the early to mid 20th century.
On one forum I'm on, the information in some old threads can be really dated and not much of it would apply now. But as for all things saxophone, what can really go out of date? Heck some of us play on vintage instruments from the early to mid 20th century.
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there is nothing wrong if one, consciously reopens a long lost thread, the thing is that ( as suggested in my thread " Recommended for you " has started a surge of follow-up... and another one before of this) a lot of the responders just seem to have just looked at the title flashing and respond without even noticing that it was an old thread.
The information on saxophones is additive, there is nothing that what we knew long ago that is of no use now.
The information on saxophones is additive, there is nothing that what we knew long ago that is of no use now.
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I interpret necroposting as a bad thing, but I don't think we should define all revival of old threads is necroposting - only when it is irrelevent (and as poeple have said) this is usually because the revivalist doesn't realise the date.
So in answer to the question/poll
It is promoting thread revival, both relevant and irrelevnt - only the latter is waht I call necroposting (which it would be on some forums who specifically forbid or discourage all reviving of old threads)
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the only type of necroposting that I can think of on this thread is something advertising a concert or an event that it has happened many years ago, but even then, one may have found pictures relevant to that and decided to post it where it belongs.
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As for awareness driving posts in older threads, IF I see something that I have new information on and I either run a search or because it has been suggested by the forum , I add new information, then it isn't necropost.
Same thing, suppose I want to open a tread on say the klangbogen now I run a search and then find one of the many threads... I certainly SHOULD add to the old ones instead of opening, YET ANOTHER thread about it?
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As for awareness driving posts in older threads, IF I see something that I have new information on and I either run a search or because it has been suggested by the forum , I add new information, then it isn't necropost.
Same thing, suppose I want to open a tread on say the klangbogen
now I run a search and then find one of the many threads... I certainly SHOULD add to the old ones instead of opening, YET ANOTHER thread about it?
Search results for query: klangbogen
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Click on the "New" icon and use that page to log in. Then you'll be spared the "Recommended For You"... until you log out, that is. Thing is, not everyone is going to do this. Quite frankly, I don't like seeing new members trying to engage dead members in old threads. If management insists on using the recommendation/spying feature, they should limit the posts that creep up to only those active within the last year. Please.
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I think Grumps' point (valid, and noted by others in the past week or two as well) is that MOST people who are currently posting to the old, previously long-inactive thread THINK they are participating in a current conversation...i.e. most (particularly the first one or two 'new' posters) didn't notice the post which came before theirs is from, say, 2013.
My favorite example of this is the "Jazz is Dead" post....LOL..people jumped right in as if the convo had been started last week....which to me begged the Q: .if the 'debate' a decade ago was whether it was Dead...shouldn't we currently be debating whether it is Dust (or at least in a Cryogenic state) in 2020 ????
And he is correct, many 'current' replies are written in such a way as it's clear the replier is trying to engage a 5-10 years past participant in the convo....
It IS a silly by-product of the new 'format', I gotta say....it'd be nice if people were aware that they were resuscitating an old convo which had died out years ago.
This is NOT to say there isn't good, relevant info in the resurrected post....but the thing is...these threads are still extant in the archives....so they'd still pop up in a search of a specific query, thus providing the 'relevant information' an individual may be seeking (ostensibly).
Do they have to appear in a current 'recommended' list ?
My favorite example of this is the "Jazz is Dead" post....LOL..people jumped right in as if the convo had been started last week....which to me begged the Q: .if the 'debate' a decade ago was whether it was Dead...shouldn't we currently be debating whether it is Dust (or at least in a Cryogenic state) in 2020 ????
And he is correct, many 'current' replies are written in such a way as it's clear the replier is trying to engage a 5-10 years past participant in the convo....
It IS a silly by-product of the new 'format', I gotta say....it'd be nice if people were aware that they were resuscitating an old convo which had died out years ago.
This is NOT to say there isn't good, relevant info in the resurrected post....but the thing is...these threads are still extant in the archives....so they'd still pop up in a search of a specific query, thus providing the 'relevant information' an individual may be seeking (ostensibly).
Do they have to appear in a current 'recommended' list ?
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Oddly enough, I see that Milandro has already created a thread that addresses this very issue. 14 days ago. My apologies to you all.
I found it in the "Recommended Reading"!
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I found it in the "Recommended Reading"!
“ Recommended for you “ has started a surge of follow-up...
Since the new course, this “ Recommended for you “ has started a surge of follow-up posts on ancient threads. Don’t get me wrong, I m the first to encourage the use of the archives (which are now languishing a bit because the search engine is really working very badly unless you know a lot...
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I would merge them, but this one is a poll, so doesn't really count as parallel thread. If I merge I have no idea if the poll will disappear and whenever you do that kind of mod action - it is irreversable
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I am on another forum where a warning automatically appears if you try to post in a thread where the latest reply was longer than so many months (6?) ago. Isn't that possible here?
Note: posting is not blocked; the software just warns you that the thread might be outdated.
Note: posting is not blocked; the software just warns you that the thread might be outdated.
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but again, in itself, there is nothing wrong with continuing old threads...
I need advise for an alto, teno, mouthpiece.....klangbogen whatever
The problem is people posting in an old ad believing it is a new post (and maybe addressing people who are no longer alive or around)
I need advise for an alto, teno, mouthpiece.....klangbogen whatever
The problem is people posting in an old ad believing it is a new post (and maybe addressing people who are no longer alive or around)
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I just saw a 14 years old appreciation thread for Medusa horns that was revived by someone selling one ... digging up such threads doesn't add anything to the forum, to be honest.
A warning message seems a good idea to me; that gives the poster time to reflect on whether they want to add to the thread, or not.
A warning message seems a good idea to me; that gives the poster time to reflect on whether they want to add to the thread, or not.
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The problem is that the post dates are really small fonts. You have to look for when the post was created. It leads to useless posts being dug up. It ends up with people giving advice on a new horn or advice on a new mouthpiece that was posted 14 years ago. One of the major faults of this new formats is the font choice for posts and for specific info about posts...like the posted date. Its all generic and leads to simply not being seen. I dont give a crap about ads. I care about the overall choice of presentation in regards to bringing attention to critical information such as post dates.
If it stood out fewer people would revive useless threads.
If it stood out fewer people would revive useless threads.
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The recommended reading is personalized seems to be responding to what your interests are and changes as you read and respond to posts.
Mine is now showing mostly contemporary posts.
An alert would probably discourage people (especially new people) to use the search engine and add to the older posts. I would see that as a way to simply make all the archives redundant with the stroke of....the mouse
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Mine is now showing mostly contemporary posts.
An alert would probably discourage people (especially new people) to use the search engine and add to the older posts. I would see that as a way to simply make all the archives redundant with the stroke of....the mouse
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a 2007 thread, ovbiously we reached the conclusion, back then , that it wan't a good idea ?
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