How to respond to necroposts by newcomers?

[heliosdrm]

Necro-post prevention

I consistently see posts added to threads that can be 6-months to years old. It seems to me that the best way to pick up and out-of-date/old thread would be to start a new thread with a link to the old discussion followed by the “new” content. Would it be possible for the discourse forum to do that automatically? If not, I would prefer closing topics after a year with no ability to necro-post to them at all.

Just add that I rather agree @baggepinnen’s take on this topic.