all I can say is atleast they are searching around

 

yall know i am gonna bring this topic back in like a year

 

And then I'ma flame the HELL outta you! [:@]

 

ive just been kinda using a general common sense about them. If i find that someone posted in a thread that was old where someone was asking a quesion and they were trying to answer it, obviously his post is pointless. So ive just closed the thread. But if i find a the same thing but someone asking a question that was related to the original topic: EX

original topic was someone having a starting problem....this question was answered a year or two ago
then someone doing a search finds the thread and posts in there saying they have a simialar problem but all the suggestions in the thread didnt help and they needed more input...i believe this is acceptable.

So its just a common sense rule. If i see an old thread brought up pointlessly, ill close it. Plain and simple. What do you guys think?

EDIT: oh yea and if someone does do this they are obviously new to the site and were just searching like mike has been stating, so i dont think we need to yell at them for doing it. Just explain the rules and leave it at that. We dont want to be turning people away.

 

i think a persons post count shouldnt go up for posting in off topic so there might be less whoring maybe?

 

That would merely move teh whoring into the REAL forum sections and cause MORE problems.

 

agreed