How 'bout old threads get locked but the post button turns into a "continue discussion" button that starts a new thread with a header link to the previous thread? e.g. "Posted in reference to [url="old-topic-url"]this topic[/url]..."
How about people let the mods decide what's obnoxius necro worth locking and which is rules-compliant necro?
Thanks for listening.
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