Regarding old and / or threads

[Chris Newman]

An old thread may be closed or may still be in an open state. I do understand that bumping / commenting / replying in an old thread, must be avoided as per BHW guidelines.
However, what my suggestion is that reporting a newbie who attempted to sell in an old thread, must not be considered as a frivolous report, if that newbie is still active on BHW and that newbie's membership level is still newbie.
An example :-
I am a newbie with a BHW account in which I am still active.
Long ago (even a year ago) I attempted to sell in some thread. Till now it went unreported, hence I got no warning.
In that case, there are chances that now as well I may attempt to sell, because all this while no action was taken.
Had any warning been given to me anytime about that my attempt to sell, I would not make such an attempt again. Perhaps I may even succeed now to scam another member.

Hope you see the point and realize that in such a scenario, reporting a newbie attempting to sell, even if thread is old or closed, needs to be considered as a valid reporting and not a frivolous reporting.

So, my suggestion is, regarding old threads, if a valid BHW rules violation happened and someone reported that after even say 1 year, such a reporting ideally should not be considered as a frivolous reporting, PROVIDED the respective BHW member is still acive on the forum.

 

[BassTrackerBoats]

An old thread may be closed or may still be in an open state. I do understand that bumping / commenting / replying in an old thread, must be avoided as per BHW guidelines.
However, what my suggestion is that reporting a newbie who attempted to sell in an old thread, must not be considered as a frivolous report, if that newbie is still active on BHW and that newbie's membership level is still newbie.
An example :-
I am a newbie with a BHW account in which I am still active.
Long ago (even a year ago) I attempted to sell in some thread. Till now it went unreported, hence I got no warning.
In that case, there are chances that now as well I may attempt to sell, because all this while no action was taken.
Had any warning been given to me anytime about that my attempt to sell (perhaps even scam another member), I would not make such an attempt again.

Hope you see the point and realize that in such a scenario, reporting a newbie attempting to sell, even if thread is old or closed, needs to be considered as a valid reporting and not a frivolous reporting.

So, my suggestion is, regarding old threads, if a valid BHW rules violation happened and someone reported that after even say 1 year, such a reporting ideally should not be considered as a frivolous reporting, PROVIDED the respective BHW member is still acive on the forum.

It is frivolous for sure.

We do not warn someone for something that occurred way back when.

 

[Chris Newman]

It is frivolous for sure.

We do not warn someone for something that occurred way back when.

Thank you for providing that info. Yourself and other stakeholders of the forum have the experience and knowledge to know what is the most ideal way of handling reporting, etc.
Since my suggestion is answered and hence can be considered as "closed" and I have no further questions about the same, I will request a mod to close this thread.
Once again thank you for addressing my suggestion (and concern).