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What is necroposting?
Topic Started: Jun 25 2017, 06:54 PM (1,173 Views)
Zorcuspine
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To put it simply, necroposting, also known as necroing, is posting on a thread that has been dead for many months or even years, “reviving” it from the grave. While not technically against the rules, necroposting is widely frowned upon, and repeated necroposting can get you warned for spamming. Some examples of necroposting are;

  • Asking someone if there project is going to update again after it’s been inactive for a substantial amount of time. IE. “Is this active?” “Are you still working on this?” etc.
  • Giving suggestions to a project that has been inactive for a substantial amount of time IE. “You should add more arthropods” “Why is this animal scaly?” etc.
  • Posts with little substance on a thread that has been inactive for a substantial amount of time. IE. “This” “I agree” “I like this” etc.

But necroposting, at least on this forum, is a bit more complicated than reviving long dead threads, there are a few exceptions to the rule where bumping up a long-dead thread is considered acceptable.

  • If it is a project you made and you have new information to add. It doesn't matter if you last worked on the project in 2008, if you made it and you want to add to it, go for it!
  • If, in a science thread, either new information has been discovered or you find some information relevant to the thread that had not been previously discussed.
  • If, in a discussion thread, you have quality and relevant information to add

These are the biggest examples, but there may be other instances where it’s okay to post on an old thread. If you are unsure whether or not what you want to post would be considered necroing, feel free to ask in the shoutbox on the bottom of the forum before you post. You can also pm me, and I will do my best to provide a quick response.

I hope this helps clarify what necroing is and how to avoid it. If you still have questions on the subject, you are welcome to post them in this thread!
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I think an exception should also be made for slow-updating projects that the creator has made clear is not dead (although even in that case, needling constantly for an update is still really annoying and rude).
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I feel that's an awkward case since as you say those kinds of posts are often unwanted and annoying. Even in other cases, it's awkward to bump a thread after a few weeks just to note your appreciation, even when it's not necessarily a necro. There's certainly times that would be okay but as a rule should probably be a avoided anyway.
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Zorcuspine
Jun 25 2017, 06:54 PM
“You should add more arthropods”
That's a reference to me, isn't it?



Anyway, I heard that reviving a dead forum game is allowed.
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Only if you're making a completely new thread. Necroing the thread of the dead forum game is still bad. If you wanna revive something long-dead, think: "would it maybe be better to just start again?" 99.999999999999999999% of the time, the answer is probably yes.
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Only if you're making a completely new thread. Necroing the thread of the dead forum game is still bad. If you wanna revive something long-dead, think: "would it maybe be better to just start again?" 99.999999999999999999% of the time, the answer is probably yes.
Okay.
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Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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Wait, I thought it was okay to necro when it comes to games? I don't really hang around there, but that ways always my assumption.
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“You should add more arthropods”
That's a reference to me, isn't it?
No I think that was just an example, not relating to anyone
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Zorcuspine
Jun 25 2017, 06:54 PM
“You should add more arthropods”
That's a reference to me, isn't it?
No I think that was just an example, not relating to anyone
But that's not something people say.
Projects
Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates
Last one crawling: The last arthropod

ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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Last one crawling: The last arthropod

ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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Only if you're making a completely new thread. Necroing the thread of the dead forum game is still bad. If you wanna revive something long-dead, think: "would it maybe be better to just start again?" 99.999999999999999999% of the time, the answer is probably yes.
That's what I did with the game which created a gigantic "quote pyramid". I created a new thread and it blasted in popularity
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Victorbrine, several of your recent posts have come through twice. This could be because of pressing the add reply buttons multiple times when posting, even if it doesn't seem to be working at first, it often does go through.
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