# A safeguard to reduce necroposting

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-safeguard-to-reduce-necroposting/389992>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [November 30, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-safeguard-to-reduce-necroposting/389992 "2025-11-30T21:24:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![twofoursixeight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/twofoursixeight/32/574822_2.png) [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-safeguard-to-reduce-necroposting/389992/1 "2025-11-30T21:24:44Z")

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There is already have a dialog that shows a warning when you are about to necropost, but what about accidental misclicks? My idea was to implement a dialog box before replying that would warn the user “Are you sure you want to post this, this topic is 2 years old” as a warning. That way in the situation where you accidentally quote a reply and tap the reply button on a old topic, or for newer members this warning will show up.

My idea:

1. User attempts to reply to old topic.
2. The built-in warning shows up.
3. User tries to reply to topic
4. The new warning I am suggesting comes up as a further safeguard to prevent accident posts.
5. If the warning is read and they want to post it, the reply will still be posted.

Now that I think about it, there used to be a necropost warning in old topics, but that is been gone lately in modern discourse?

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