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Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

homedecor1 — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:15:02 GMT

being resurrected & some are commented on by new member!

(complaints or general discussion )

How does a 2-3 year thread get started again? I'm just wondering.

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

Plaid Pants2 — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:21:09 GMT

I automatically write them off as trolls, who have nothing better to do than to stir up trouble.

I suppose that they get some sort of twisted pleasure out of doing it.

In my ever so humble opinion, I think that the mods should lock a thread if it has been a month with no activity on it.

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

ROMARY — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:21:37 GMT

Some people (new and other posters) just type in, say, 'Chocolate', and up pops a thread that is interesting. I did the same a day or so ago. No big deal, imo. I mentioned Chocolate Covered Cherries and the 'Club' we had here on these boards years ago. CCCC's Chocolate Covered Cherries Club.

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

Plaid Pants2 — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:27:07 GMT

@ROMARY wrote:
Some people (new and other posters) just type in, say, 'Chocolate', and up pops a thread that is interesting. I did the same a day or so ago. No big deal, imo. I mentioned Chocolate Covered Cherries and the 'Club' we had here on these boards years ago. CCCC's Chocolate Covered Cherries Club.

@ROMARY

There is a huge difference between when an established member accidentally brings up an old thread, an when a "BRAND NEW MEMBER " does it.

When someone is "brand new", it reeks of what a troll would do.

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

software — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:28:53 GMT

The search feature for threads and posts are horrible.

I don't want to see threads from 2014 but I have written a post then realized it's old and deleted my post.

When I search for a thread or post, a list will come up "best match" but when I try to sort by Date, it doesn't work. Just won't happen.

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

deepwaterdotter — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:29:01 GMT

Past posters with a new 'handle'?

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

Plaid Pants2 — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:31:27 GMT

@deepwaterdotter wrote:
Past posters with a new 'handle'?

@deepwaterdotter

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

goldensrbest — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:34:30 GMT

I would like to know also.

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

ROMARY — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:35:53 GMT

Oh, ok........'I get your drift'..............

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

GenXmuse — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:40:34 GMT

Isn’t it possible to see who bumped the thread and ask them?

I’ve found myself a time or two responding and then noticed how long ago it was but I guess it’s okay since we aren’t adding another thread and everyone says, (including me!) hey, we already discussed this in such and such thread.

I guess there’s only so much we can talk about on here but I’d be glad to never see another thread on dogs in planes, grocery stores, doctor’s offices etc. Lol

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

Moonchilde — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:41:23 GMT

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
@ROMARY wrote:
Some people (new and other posters) just type in, say, 'Chocolate', and up pops a thread that is interesting. I did the same a day or so ago. No big deal, imo. I mentioned Chocolate Covered Cherries and the 'Club' we had here on these boards years ago. CCCC's Chocolate Covered Cherries Club.

@ROMARY

There is a huge difference between when an established member accidentally brings up an old thread, an when a "BRAND NEW MEMBER " does it.

When someone is "brand new", it reeks of what a troll would do.

IMO it could be either a clueless newbie who attempts to use the forum’s ghastly inefficient Search feature, or a troll. It’s often trolls, especially when it’s multiples by the same “new” poster.

But I have seen genuine new posters doing it on a single thread or two, and then apologizing for not realizing. Some internet forums prefer that you post in existing threads on a topic, and a new poster wouldn’t know that isn’t the case here.

I know that I personally recognize trolling when I see it, 95% of the time (there’s always that 5% you can’t be sure of or get wrong). I give the moderators credit for being able to see a pattern once someone reports it. If a moderator deletes multiple trolled/bumped old posts, they’re onto that poster’s “work.”

The old posts being bumped don’t bother me as much as the “brand new” posters who make a first post by starting a new thread solely to b***h about something or someone. There are often veritable flurries of “new posters” who pop up like clockwork on weekends to b***h and moan and trash. Then they disappear and a totally new (yeahright) group appears in a couple of weeks, only to disappear, and...

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

Spurt — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:51:50 GMT

@homedecor1 wrote:
being resurrected & some are commented on by new member!
(complaints or general discussion )

How does a 2-3 year thread get started again? I'm just wondering.

@homedecor1

One time I saw an old thread where a moderator had deleted a comment because it contained a link with an ad which resurrected the entire old thread....I dont know why she didnt delete the whole thing since it was so old..........??????

And there is a wierd one in Q Talk when it was back in 2015 and Carolyn Gracie had her cancer surgery.......and someone went in there recently asking when is Carolyn coming back.....and someone wrote this is an old thread and Carolyn has been back for 2 years now....then the person said I was talking about Carolyn Pollack (the jewelry designer).........so why would they put that on an old thread about Carolyn GRACIE.and the thread title was Carolyn Gracie too...didnt even make sense... Maybe @PlaidPants2 is right and this is just a bunch of trolls.........

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

Starpolisher — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:50:59 GMT

I almost resurrected one from 2012 (I think) yesterday. I was looking for an oven fried chicken recipe and a poster had commented on her mom's pork chops. I responded and then notice how old the thread was and deleted it. So it could be just an accident.

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

Lipstickdiva — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:52:48 GMT

I've posted this before but there is also some glitch that happens periodically where old posts are being brought up to the first page with no one having posted on them in years.

I made a comment on one not realizing the thread was years old and mine was the first comment made in a couple of years so it looked like I pulled up that super old thread to comment on it but that's not what happened.

I assume posts on the first page of the forum are current. If you don't pay attention, that's not always the case.

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

SeaMaiden — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:53:04 GMT

I think any thread over a year old should be removed for good.

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

Spurt — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:04:00 GMT

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
I automatically write them off as trolls, who have nothing better to do than to stir up trouble.

I suppose that they get some sort of twisted pleasure out of doing it.

In my ever so humble opinion, I think that the mods should lock a thread if it has been a month with no activity on it.

@Plaid Pants2

I agree I think after a certain period of time the old threads should automatically be removed electronically.

I remember when QVC was revamping the Forum and sent out numerous surveys and posted polls on the Forum and one of them was to get rid of old threads. But there were some threads that were old favorites and were still kept alive because they included sweet comments from posters who had passed away....and they wanted the sentimental ones to remain and just continue the existing thread regardless of age. ....However, since it wouldnt have been cost effective to remove old threads and make an exception for the sentmental threads so QVC decided it was better to leave the old threads and let them decline in chronological order naturally based on the age unless they received a recent comment..........

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

Moonchilde — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:00:56 GMT

@Starpolisher and @Spurt - it could be either, any time. I use my gut instinct, based on the content of the post, and “tone.” I basically know which it is, AFAIC. I think it is deliberate trolling more often than by accident, and I think it’s obvious which it is with any given incident.

Some trolling is taken care of by moderators, but much is not - which is one reason threads like this are even started/necessary.

I think bottom line - the software isn’t (and isn’t going to be) set for auto delete of old threads, and the moderators have largely been instructed by QVC to leave “potential” trolls alone. I don’t blame them, I think their hands have been tied.

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

Bri36 — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:13:27 GMT

I’ve seen old threads bumped. The mods remove the last post but leave the thread. People come along thinking it’s a new thread and post on it. If a new poster bumps an old thread, the mods should just remove the thread.

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

Spurt — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:15:19 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
@Starpolisher and @Spurt - it could be either, any time. I use my gut instinct, based on the content of the post, and “tone.” I basically know which it is, AFAIC. I think it is deliberate trolling more often than by accident, and I think it’s obvious which it is with any given incident.

Some trolling is taken care of by moderators, but much is not - which is one reason threads like this are even started/necessary.

I think bottom line - the software isn’t (and isn’t going to be) set for auto delete of old threads, and the moderators have largely been instructed by QVC to leave “potential” trolls alone. I don’t blame them, I think their hands have been tied.

@Moonchilde

They must have some sort of software program in place because remember that Christmas Eve when QVC and most of QVC's IT people took off to enjoy the holidays and when everyone came back after Christmas they found that QVC had experienced the ATTACK OF THE TROLLS and some person or group invaded the Forum and resurrected old threads with obscenities.......and I think QVC had to remove them all manually, but someone said QVC then put something in place to prevent something like that from happening again....

It could be that they have some sort of security but it only stops mass attacks but not individual random ones.........

Re: Just observation - why are so many VERY OLD threads...

Lipstickdiva — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:20:04 GMT

There is a thread about halfway down this page about new show hosts and a "newbie" is on it and appears to be having a conversation with herself.