which is worse? a question about gravedigging :)

[brunoafh]

I'm with the side that favors fewer threads but larger ones rather than more threads but smaller ones.

Same. On some of the smaller forums I frequent, there is more or less no way to necro a thread, as there are only a few pages of threads after multiple years because everyone talks in the same few dozen of them. Granted, they are forums targeted at a small audience so there aren't nearly as many members as there are here at RB, but, everything feels much cleaner that way and is a lot easier to navigate.

I've been on some forums that absolutely freak out over necroing and warn users immediately, and in some cases ban them.

[Luke]

..."we already have a thread for this" if it is a new post...

Aw yeah. Nothing wrong with a little "we already have a thread for this" when applicable.

[Radical Lanzar]

About the only time I cannot stand a person grave robbing is when it's a thread for shock value or controversy; a random user comes along and bumps it with his opinion. Thing is, if it isn't constructive its probably the user smarting off, and if that's the case, no one wants to hear it.