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Why is it possible to respond to old posts

Flaaklypa
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Sometimes when im bored i scroll through old forum posts, (editing the p(x) in the search, which makes it easily accessable to see threads and discussions from last year. occasionally i see some very interesting topics, and responses to OPs topic and i wanna answer myself, or simply get some highlight on the topic.

Since we are able to answer and respond, why is it that ZOS's policy closes every old thread that they come across? Just put a rule with a certain time with inactivity and make every single one of them unanswerable :/ there is no point having them open anyway. and it would make it easier to see which one is ok to respond to and which ones are not.
Edited by Flaaklypa on September 4, 2020 3:42PM
  • VaranisArano
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    Well, one reason might be that after a thread is closed, it's impossible to quote posts in order to copy/paste information to new threads.

    I do that fairly often when collecting sources for previous dev comments on various subjects, so it's something I notice when I can't do it on a closed thread.
  • SilverBride
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    Also, old posts may contain old information that is no longer accurate or relevant.
    PCNA
  • TequilaFire
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    But you can still find posts about bugs in 2014 that are still in game today.
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