New Members posting on ancient posts

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sherlock9c1

Discussion Starter · Aug 21, 2020

To all regular forum members; if some newb posts on a long-dead thread, just ignore it. No need to wrote a response novel. Mods just might quietly delete it after a few days.

To all NEW forum members: please pay attention to the DATES on threads and posts. This forum has been up around 20 years, everything you could possibly want to know has already been discussed. So read before you post.

That is all.

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96 Black

· #2 · Aug 21, 2020

If any consolation, the same thing's trending on at least one other car forum with the same host. In cases where said newb in fact smells like an outright spammer/scammer/bot, the path of least resistance is just to simply hit the 3 dots upper right in the suspect post to 'Report' it for disposal and/or ban. But I'll admit it's been hard in the past to not be tempted to repay exceptionally daft or trollish postings with a little dose of the poster's own medicine in return. But that's turning out no more gratifying than picking wings off a moth.

But to get the message above in the hands of newbs who need it the most, it sure would be enjoyable and more productive to have the host employ just a few of the safeguards for approval to begin posting that kept this type nuisance (and potential harm to the site) much lower in the past. ala new member introduction/approval, min. post counts for certain privileges....

nsaness

· #3 · Aug 21, 2020

I spend most of my time doing searches here, so I often find (close to) what I want in the ancient threads. (I just wish we had more of the old pictures)

Not here, but on another forum I revived an old thread to build upon a topic. I wasn't trying to get responses from the original posters and I acknowledged the age of the thread in my post, but I saw no reason to re-hash prerequisite specifics previously discussed in that thread. I thought this was more courteous than starting a new thread for my question, and hearing how noobs never use the search function.

I have seen the abuses and time wasters I think you are addressing (i.e. trying to buy a part that was for sale in 2008), but I try to keep a pretty open mind about people who might be searching the ancient threads and looking for additional or more current information on the old topics.

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96 Black

· #4 · Aug 21, 2020

One way to keep at least the absolute oldest old threads on a topic from popping up in search results for someone to absent-mindedly click on would be to change the default setting for 'Sort By' from Relevance to Date on the Advanced Search page. Whatever code is being used to define the platform's notion of 'relevance' is succeeding only in exhuming the most rotted smelly old threads, where any of the fresher younger threads that appear when toggled to 'Date' miraculously contain more useful posts benefiting from accumulated brain trust over the years. I've raised this point several times, but it hits dead air.

All in all I will admit I'll expend a little extra effort flicking a poster on the ear when it's evident both by the painful sloppiness of their posting and the even greater pain of actual content that they read only the original post and not a single one after, - even if there's 50 total. Such personal laziness and embarrassing evidence of the failure of our education system cannot go 'unrewarded'. 🤣

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sherlock9c1

Discussion Starter · #5 · Aug 22, 2020

Or my personal favorite, those who don't use punctuation. Makes me run out of breath just reading it.

Just so you all know, the forum owner actually has a pretty good spammer filtering system; very few get through. Just in the past five days we've had 200 spammers attempt to sign up for forum accounts. So you see maybe 1-2% of what we do. The user who asked about mods for 6.7L ford motors for his '98 Impala was one of the few. He was reported and booted shortly thereafter.

sherlock9c1

Discussion Starter · #6 · Oct 19, 2020

Revised policy - new members ignorantly posting on ancient "for sale" threads shall be heckled before I (or jayoldschool) locks the thread, for instructional and 'posterity' reasons.

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96 Black

· #7 · Oct 19, 2020

I certainly appreciate yours (and Jay-'s) dogged efforts keeping some semblance of order in our revered aging braintrust. What amounts to amusement for us poking a few lazy inattentive adolescents in the eye over morning coffee ends up real work for you's in fending off an invading hoard of scatter-brained post polluters.

jayoldschool

· #8 · Oct 19, 2020

The forum itself is partially to blame. Scroll down. See "recommended reading:? Have a look at the post dates. That is the reason why this is happening.

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grandpas wagon

· #9 · Oct 19, 2020

jayoldschool said:
The forum itself is partially to blame. Scroll down. See "recommended reading:? Have a look at the post dates. That is the reason why this is happening.

Can't YOU as Super Moderator do something about this?

Does your input carry no weight?

jayoldschool

· #10 · Oct 19, 2020

No. Zero. All the VS forums (hundreds of them) are the same.

96 Black

· #11 · Oct 19, 2020

Well I'll come at least part way on that. --> But <--, every last one also shows when last 'updated' for those who care to appreciate the timeliness of info they're using. I keep putting the old college try at figuring out why (and how) this necro-posting has been 'trending'. The only plausible indicators point to the forum owners doing what they can to lure and crosslink users of the most popular current social media apps for presumed higher visibility and revenue-generating opportunity.

Regrettably once a newb is made aware of this site and gets lured in it appears the majority are disheartened just how detail-laden the forum is, and that there's little applicability or interest in such things as emojis and 1- or 2-word replies.

And, grandpas wagon,
I'll hazard a guess that'd be a No and a No. I'm also guessing current compensation is about $0/hr. for a Mod; probably less for the fancier title. For the money the host paid for that wacked-up code I can't imagine them choking up the cost of the change order for better quality screening or vetting programming changes. I pestered Admin repeatedly early on after assimilation into the new platform with quirks and foibles and illogical aspects noticed, with just consistent dead air in return. Expected sort of, as any change made here amounts to a huge bill on all the other forums they own.

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Marky Dissod

· #12 · Oct 20, 2020

There IS something that can be done - though it protects the less-than-thorough from mocking:

Delete "For Sale" threads that are inactive for more than, say, three years, especially if the original poster has also been inactive for a similar period of time.

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Z09B4U

· #13 · Oct 20, 2020

I do not think you guys are thinking this through. Posting to dead threads that they do not read can be a good indicator and allow you to decide how much time do you want to spend on them.

I do wonder if maybe smart phones and tablets do not show the date information, Small screens?

Deleting "For Sale" threads is removing member information and a waste of time.

96 Black

· #14 · Oct 20, 2020

Yes, it's phones and yes it's perhaps more time spent than the worth. But I'd consider someone flicking me on the ear after a haphazard post as fair payment for cluing me in not to expect a worthwhile response from such an ancient thread. And to be overall in life a little more observant and attentive to detail in the future.

And agree not 'disappearing' any old threads just to counter others from carelessly exhuming them.

77 Belair

· #15 · Nov 14, 2020

sherlock9c1 said:
To all regular forum members; if some newb posts on a long-dead thread, just ignore it. No need to wrote a response novel. Mods just might quietly delete it after a few days.

To all NEW forum members: please pay attention to the DATES on threads and posts. This forum has been up around 20 years, everything you could possibly want to know has already been discussed. So read before you post.

That is all.

Thanks, new to this forum and learning to navigate.

Swaggerwagon81

· #16 · Mar 4, 2022

Sherlock I don’t know what your talking about anywho my my neighbor has a 1962 impala and my mom just totaled her 2011 impala can I put the motor in the 62 if it’s sideways also I’m not mechanically inclined and im not good with electrical schematics or grammer or punctuation lol if nobody responds within 36 hours all make a follow up post talking about unhelpful ya’ll are lol 🙃

sherlock9c1

Discussion Starter · #17 · Mar 6, 2022

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Swaggerwagon81

· #18 · Mar 6, 2022

Correction: I’m an ancient (smart***) member, commenting on ancient threads.

every time I fuel up, I think to myself
‘President Kayne would have kept gas prices lower’

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sherlock9c1

Discussion Starter · #19 · Mar 7, 2022

Swaggerwagon81 said:
Correction: I’m an ancient (smart***) member, commenting on ancient threads.

I was only trying to be funny, not make a political statement.

Swaggerwagon81

· #20 · Mar 8, 2022

Same. All jokes!

appreciate what you do for the community.
it’s one thing to make a repair. It takes WAY longer to document/photograph said repair, just to help strangers on the internet! Keep up the good work

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