Megatopics lock?

[dkbit98]

I noticed a bunch of mega large topics that are mostly used for spamming and have little value to provide in forum.
Is there any policy and rules that that enables moderators to lock this topics after certain amount of time?

Talking about beating the dead horse, I will give one example of topic created by moderator MrSpasybo - Which token will Elon Musk integrate into X?
There are already 19 pages in this topic and new post are constantly written there:
https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=315934.0

[Hatchy]

I guess the topic is still active on the discussion board. But as we know a lot of spammers would have taken it as an opportunity to spam. I'm not sure there's such policy like you mentioned here on this forum as some older threads are becoming more active than they were when they were created. Let's see what the admin has to say about this..

[examplens]

I noticed a bunch of mega large topics that are mostly used for spamming and have little value to provide in forum.

This is not the case only on Altt, and the older brother Bitcointalk is also full of megathreads and trash posts within them. Obviously, such threads are needed on forums. I assume that such discussions are necessary for a certain group of users to fulfil their required activity quota.

Seen from another angle, perhaps pointless discussions should take place there, it is much worse when it happens somewhere where there is a constructive conversation. A uniformly generated post in the middle of a quality discussion is more tiring than 19 pages of some neglected topic.

[bitmover]

I noticed a bunch of mega large topics that are mostly used for spamming and have little value to provide in forum.
Is there any policy and rules that that enables moderators to lock this topics after certain amount of time?

Talking about beating the dead horse, I will give one example of topic created by moderator MrSpasybo - Which token will Elon Musk integrate into X?
There are already 19 pages in this topic and new post are constantly written there:
https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=315934.0

Sadly, there is a huge incentive to post there: signature campaigns with high quota.

I have some difficult to reach max posts per week, and I believe most users have this problem.

So people just go to a megathread topic and spam there... it is easier than to create a new topic with some new info

[KingsDen]

I honestly do not see this as a big of a problem in a forum that we are barely begging for engagement. There are quality posters and there will also be spam posters and these two constitute a complete forum. 19 pages is not long compared to the pages in the other forum. Don't get me wrong, I don't support spam, but since it's in a particular thread, we should let them be. Lock that thread and observe 5 or more similar threads spring up.

[dragononcrypto]

I noticed a bunch of mega large topics that are mostly used for spamming and have little value to provide in forum.
Is there any policy and rules that that enables moderators to lock this topics after certain amount of time?

If the topic is "out of date" then yes, it can be locked. For example: Will Bitcoin reach X by X date. Once that date passes, the topic should be locked. Some "mega topics", especially those with polls, are arguably still useful/worthwhile, even if the discussion usually deteriorates over time. If you come across outdated topics then you can always use the report to mod function to get these topics closed, as many users already do. But please don't report topics just because they are old or already have hundreds of replies, this would be an abuse of the report to mod function.

Sadly, there is a huge incentive to post there: signature campaigns with high quota.

I have some difficult to reach max posts per week, and I believe most users have this problem.

So people just go to a megathread topic and spam there... it is easier than to create a new topic with some new info

The issue is two-fold really. Firstly as you put it due to signature campaign quota, secondly it's based on lack of new topics (or good topics).

If users would like less megatopics and more diversity of topics, then I recommend creating new topics and becoming part of the solution to the problem

[dkbit98]

This is not the case only on Altt, and the older brother Bitcointalk is also full of megathreads and trash posts within them. Obviously, such threads are needed on forums. I assume that such discussions are necessary for a certain group of users to fulfil their required activity quota.

Yes I know, and they are getting locked when conversation is going dead end, except maybe in gambling board.
I dont see anything valuable in endless speculations about tokens that can be added on twitter.

Sadly, there is a huge incentive to post there: signature campaigns with high quota.

Maybe topics like that can exist, but they should be move in separate board that are not counting in signature campaign payments.

Lock that thread and observe 5 or more similar threads spring up.

And then mark them for spamming.

[Findingnemo]

Admin suggestion to deal the spam is via karma system but it's kind of tricky, how is it to evaluate how long the thread needs to be discussed but in general most of the threads doesn't need more than 30 replies to reach the dilution point so anyone who is actually contributing won't be looking to make a post there.

Did you try to get them locked?

[ZAINmalik75]

I noticed a bunch of mega large topics that are mostly used for spamming and have little value to provide in forum.
Is there any policy and rules that that enables moderators to lock this topics after certain amount of time?

Talking about beating the dead horse, I will give one example of topic created by moderator MrSpasybo - Which token will Elon Musk integrate into X?
There are already 19 pages in this topic and new post are constantly written there:
https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=315934.0

This thread is being stretched now because on the last page members have mentioned Dogecoin 41 times and maybe they have mentioned it many other times but they are talking about Dogecoin and they all think Elon will adopt Doge and the recent release of Dog usage in his Taxi has proved he will adopt it only.

Moderators should lock this thread if they think the thread is being used for spamming no new updates are being shared there now. They are just stretching the thread if I am not wrong maybe I have shared my views on it too but long time ago.

[dkbit98]

Did you try to get them locked?

How can I try to lock that topic when I didn't create it?
Moderator MrSpasybo was creator of that topic and he should lock it a long time ago.
It's not to late to do it now, or we are going to page 20 and beyond soon 

[Findingnemo]

Did you try to get them locked?

How can I try to lock that topic when I didn't create it?

I meant in a way that by using Report to moderator button, and see whether mod lock them or not?

[dkbit98]

21 pages and mentioned topic continues to be filled with nothingness
I reported the topic to moderators to be locked for spam but nothing happened, and one of the moderators MrSpasybo created it.
I guess this is ok to exist for some members.

[bayu7adi]

What is worrying is that if the discussion gets further away from the topic being discussed, it is true, repetition often occurs in mega threads, so I agree with Mr. dkbit98 that topics with discussions that are starting to become empty, should be locked immediately...