I think there are some spammers bringing these back to life and then we post in them without realizing they are for many years ago. I don't usually check the dates but I am now after posting the ring sizing thread from 2008. GAH!

We got the same old ones in GW. The last one I saw there was 2002.

I agree, lets get rid of the old ones!

i just responded to one from 2005, all i got back was ??? i guess it wasn't all that important.

If someone posts on it, it is going to bring it to the top.

There's been an active spammer bringing some of those back to the top, then people are not noticing and responding. In the last couple of days I've seen new links to jewelers, dentists, optometrists, mold remediation, lots of others. The spam post gets removed then the old thread just hangs there looking silly.

Hmm, interesting. If those right hand side links are because of spammers, if the thread start date was included that would prevent folks from posting on them. Wonder if they can do that, or if they would do that.

why would spammers bring that up, are they true spammers trying to click on their site to sell something?

We definitely don't want old post eliminated, so much of the valuable information is in old posts that can be googled or searched here, it would be a huge loss.

Spammers Google for some topic related to what they are spamming which is why often they are old posts..

The related posts list here seems to be bringing some up too.

Houzz is bringing up those old posts as 'relevant'. But we've also seen a little activity from spammers...not all old post resurrections are due to spammers.

Here's what to do....when you see a legitimate spam, or other abuse of the forums (bullying, swearing, etc.) click on the little flag in that post.

It will immediately disappear from YOUR eyes only. At some point, an administrator will review the thread and make the decision about permanent removal from the forums. Or not. That's straight from Tamara, by the way.

Over in some of the Garden forums, older threads are revived because of a legit Google search of a gardening issue. The GardenWeb is typically one of the top results of such searches.

Over here, it's primarily due to the relevant topics that Houzz's programming matches to key words. Perhaps something they could elminate.....wonder if they do it over at Houzz?

is anyone else getting dozen emails everytime you post??? I hate that!

Susan, go to Your Houzz, Edit Profile, Advanced Settings (on left) and in the section 'send me an email'....go through and check them all as 'never'. The emails will stop cold, I haven't gotten one since the morning the changeover took place and I edited those settings.

I don't mind it actually. I sometimes see threads I missed or forgot about that I'd like to revisit. And if no one is interested they drop off the front page pretty quickly.

I just posted in another thread that the information in those old threads are full of good suggestions.

I want to see new posts first. The way it works now, the old, old, old posts are pushing more recent posts to page 2 or 3. Not as many post titles fit on the houzz page as fit on the old GW page so a post made today could be on page 2 or 3 by tomorrow with no comments made. Unless I'm really killing time, I don't usually go to page 2.

Spam is what bumps the old posts. We have a whole new bunch of spammers since the change. When you report spam using the little gray flag, the Authorities review it and remove it. So you are left with a bumped thread for seemingly no reason.

The dates are on all the posts, if everyone would check the dates before posting on an old thread it would not keep bumping it up. I try to make a habit of checking the original thread date before I even open it and resist reading it and posting.

Ravencajun....More power to you for checking the dates on these threads . I forget to check the expiration date on milk.

On the old KT, there were 25 (or 30) titles per page, and 67 pages, with the ones left at the end of page 67 dropping over the cliff into a chasm ... or, so I thought. But if one were to conduct a search, using several relevant words, I think that some could be retrieved from archives, after that.

Some of the slower moving forums had really old titles on page 5 or 6, of maybe a dozen or 14 in total ... don't think I ever checked how old the ones were on some of those oldest page lists.

ole joyful

BarbJP CA 15-16/9B said, " I've noticed when posting that the right hand side will start showing "relevant" posts to what the thread topic is."

I remember seeing those relevant posts, but am not seeing them now. Are they gone now, or did I just mess with how my Houzz appears and have maybe lost them?

Sue

They're still there but the word "post" covers every conceivable use of it. And discussions. I clicked something one day and ended up in the Houzz forum. I did not stay. Much like reading the "comments" section on online articles.