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As far as I know Lemmy and kbin do not automatically lock threads after a certain amount of time.
I think the whole online culture against necro posting is something that should not be encouraged.
Especially when it is the first thing that comes up in google and the only reply is to google it.
The problem is that those old posts may contain outdated information or outright misinformation. And it is unlikely any of the involved parties are around to continue the conversation.
Also, long living threads are very difficult to search through for the same reasons.
hmm, i could see a sort of archive system where you save the post as is, but then comment on that in a new thread. could even do that multiple times as updates are needed.
Freaking hell, you guys are trying so hard to find solutions to problems that didn't exist on forums, there's a reason why serious communities use them instead of Reddit style platforms.
You can't have both constant new content on your front page and long lasting ongoing discussions, first one comes with the disadvantage that discussions get lost as new content is created, second one has the disadvantage that new content is mostly found in ongoing discussions.
Lemmy doesn't automatically lock old threads AFAIK, for now.
So, I could reply to this 3 year old holiday thread, and lemmy.ml accounts probably could too. Lemmy.world accounts probably can't view many threads older than June 2023, since they wouldn't have been federated over and it was created at around that time.
Just replied. Can confirm
I'd honestly say making a new thread for an already discussed topic is better than reviving a 10 year old one. There's no way of knowing any of the people involved in the previous discussion are even still around.
And depending on the topic 10 years may be so old that the issues or answers that were brought forth aren't actually relevant anymore, and would just lead to confusion.
Would be cool if users could tag the threads as related, so references to the old are close by. Would help in technical discussions.
Are reposts really unwanted though?
A repost could reach an end user that didn't get to see the original post.
That only works if the platform is a forum and not whatever Reddit/Lemmy is. Go check forums for stuff that older people enjoy (cars, motorcycles...) and you'll see discussions that are over a decade old and still going, that's not possible if the discussion doesn't get bumped to the top so new users participate.