Old threads are referential. If you want to ask something or say something about the topic that the old thread is about, then make another thread and link to the old one as a reference.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Chaosolous:

Old threads are referential. If you want to ask something or say something about the topic that the old thread is about, then make another thread and link to the old one as a reference.

or just keep the old thread

People who run these forums don't know how to operate a proper forum.
They want it quick and dirty like a news feed. In and out, bang bang

Oprindeligt skrevet af dorkenstein:

so? Why not let conversations continue and consolidate information in one thread instead of having people spam the boards with the same topics? Why is it better to have multiple threads about the same thing instead of one thread where all the information is consolidated for people to read?

Because old threads can contain bad and outdated information. Hence why its been said the best thing to do is make a new thread and then link the old for reference if its relevant.

Oprindeligt skrevet af T9:

People who run these forums don't know how to operate a proper forum.
They want it quick and dirty like a news feed. In and out, bang bang

Actually closing old threads being bumped is pretty standard across every major forum

Oprindeligt skrevet af T9:

It's not bumping when someone adds a useful information.

It is still bumping it. Even if they added useful information that doesn't change the fact that the older posts people might read are outdated.

Again though, you made a false claim that Valve doesn't know how to operate a proper forum when pretty much all proper forums treat necroing posts the same.

The CORRECT way to do it was already stated, make a new thread and link back to the old one

Oprindeligt skrevet af dorkenstein:

so? Why not let conversations continue and consolidate information in one thread instead of having people spam the boards with the same topics?

Steam never act unless at the bare minimum a single person reported the topic. Then they check if it is worth acting upon.

So the correct answer to your question is: because it annoy other users and those other users want the thread closed.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Chaosolous:

Old threads are referential. If you want to ask something or say something about the topic that the old thread is about, then make another thread and link to the old one as a reference.

Yeah I disagree with that.

The home page of community discussions clearly says

Searching is key! Before you post a question, use the forum search feature to determine whether your topic has already been covered.

So yeah - searching is encouraged in general in forums, but explicitly stated here. Of course most people would post another reply once they find a thread instead of going back to create a new one about the exact same thing.

Oprindeligt skrevet af lolschrauber:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Chaosolous:

Old threads are referential. If you want to ask something or say something about the topic that the old thread is about, then make another thread and link to the old one as a reference.

Yeah I disagree with that.

The home page of community discussions clearly says

Searching is key! Before you post a question, use the forum search feature to determine whether your topic has already been covered.

So yeah - searching is encouraged in general in forums, but explicitly stated here. Of course most people would post another reply once they find a thread instead of going back to create a new one about the exact same thing.

Yes, but if you read that it tells you to search to see if your topic has been covered, it does not tell you to post in an old topic if it hasn't been addressed.

The correct thing to do is search to see if your topic has been addressed, and if you find an old thread that is similar you should make a new topic and link that for info.

Oprindeligt skrevet af T9:

People who run these forums don't know how to operate a proper forum.
They want it quick and dirty like a news feed. In and out, bang bang

Wow, I'm amazed by what I just read. I have hope for Gen Z.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Truth:

Oprindeligt skrevet af lolschrauber:

Yeah I disagree with that.

The home page of community discussions clearly says



So yeah - searching is encouraged in general in forums, but explicitly stated here. Of course most people would post another reply once they find a thread instead of going back to create a new one about the exact same thing.

Yes, but if you read that it tells you to search to see if your topic has been covered, it does not tell you to post in an old topic if it hasn't been addressed.

The correct thing to do is search to see if your topic has been addressed, and if you find an old thread that is similar you should make a new topic and link that for info.

Of course it doesn't say that. Neither does it tell you to create a new thread.

You can't explicitly cover every single possible outcome lol

Oprindeligt skrevet af lolschrauber:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Truth:

Yes, but if you read that it tells you to search to see if your topic has been covered, it does not tell you to post in an old topic if it hasn't been addressed.

The correct thing to do is search to see if your topic has been addressed, and if you find an old thread that is similar you should make a new topic and link that for info.

Of course it doesn't say that. Neither does it tell you to create a new thread.

You can't explicitly cover every single possible outcome lol

No, they expect you to think. When you know the rules are to not bump old threads, and the post tells you to search before posting to see if your question is already answered, most users put 2+2 together and don't bump old threads.

Its a minor thing and they don't even issue warnings over it, so they aren't punishing people for making that mistake and most learn if they do it once or twice what the correct way is.

Oprindeligt skrevet af dorkenstein:

so? Why not let conversations continue and consolidate information in one thread instead of having people spam the boards with the same topics? Why is it better to have multiple threads about the same thing instead of one thread where all the information is consolidated for people to read?

Loads of the time when old threads are locked, its things like an emoji, a "+1", or things not really relevant to bringing a thread back - especially ones from 2012 which seems to happen a lot.

Others may be more recent, but also are typically not worth bumping for the response.