# Warn users that try to reply to an old post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/warn-users-that-try-to-reply-to-an-old-post/126798>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [August 26, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warn-users-that-try-to-reply-to-an-old-post/126798 "2019-08-26T00:07:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![seanblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warn-users-that-try-to-reply-to-an-old-post/126798/7 "2019-08-27T01:48:32Z")

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I wouldn’t say it happens _often_, but I’ve seen it a number of times in the couple years I’ve been using Discourse forums. I’m also curious to see if others have noticed the same thing or if my experience is a fluke.

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