๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Oh dear
#15
I Like this forum
, I understand people come and go, when I first joined there were loads of members and lots of posts, and overtime social media has arrived and so forums have taken a back seat, of all the forums I have joined over the years, (Sadly a lot of them have gone too) they all had the same backbone of rules. No swearing, yes it may seem obvious, but some would try and negotiate the swear filter.
Another common rule was the fact it is pointless replying to an "old post" This had several reasons, sometimes a newbie would reply to an old post with something like "Hello, what did you do to resolve the problem" they then wait, and wait for a reply, which we all know is never going to come as the OP no longer posts, so the newbie thinks that the forum is a waste of time as no one replies, and so the newbie never comes back, and will tell others that, that particular forum is not that good. To stop this from happening good forums will delete the post that replies to an old post, and in some cases they will message the newbie explaining why a reply to an old post is bad. I have seen it done to posts that are over 10 years old.
If you are a newbie and reading this, there is no secret, you just read when the post was created, it is usually under the post title, also if you want to check when a poster was last logged in, you just click on the user name and follow from there. (Usually profile) But all that is missing from this forum, I hope it is not the beginning of the end.