Do threads get hidden, and why?

revjonty

My rudeboys thread took a bit to find, but I found it, posted a new track to it, but it didn’t float up to the top of the general discussion board.
Why’s that then?

https://community.giffgaff.com/d/20865227-the-rude-boys-thread-for-fans-of-ska-dancehall-reggae-amp-rocksteady

themzbiker

revjonty

I’ve just put a YouTube video on your thread you mentioned here & it’s not here at top of GD strange that
Oh well at least i tried see ya

dtuxcomp

revjonty Oh that’s a shame, I like a bit of Ska too, have you heard of Bombskare ??

revjonty

@prescilla_g
You seem like you’re interested in music.
I’d like the music in this thread to be preserved, and added to.

Is it a glitch?
It doesn’t appear to be hidden, but yet it doesn’t work like other threads.
New posts don’t bump it, and when you post to it, it comes up with an error message (although the post does seem to go onto the thread).

I’m confused by this.
Can someone please ask the bods?

prescilla_g

revjonty I’m very much so interested in music!

Okay, let me give the thread a bump and let’s see what happens.

frenchielove

Bump, sorry, tried to bump that thread, would not let me, will try again

no, keeps telling me oops, something gone wrong?

kenralph

I think the threads are collected in an Excel Spreadsheet and after a few thousand words the thread gets lost.
I could be wrong.

prescilla_g

Ah, I see what may have happened here.

As the thread was bumped from 2017, posting on it again would be regarded as necroposting (it’s in the Community Guidelines - don’t post on an old thread and start a new one instead) so an Educator may have received a report about this and removed the posts, however, I am not 100% sure and would have to check the history of the thread and how it was actioned by the team.

Technically speaking, let me bump it myself and see if it floats to the top, just to rule out any platform errors.

prescilla_g

Interesting, I have just received the same error. We may have had a tool implemented to prevent necroposting on older thread. I will double check with the team and get back to you all.

@revjonty do you fancy starting a new thread about the same topic in General Discussion in the mean time, if you want to discuss it? 🙂

prescilla_g

Screenshot for reference, in case anyone on Platform Team see’s this today.

frenchielove

prescilla_g thank you, that explains it then