Did you have to necro every thread
I have been approached 3 times in as many days by new players that have been lurking and done searches for "Smurfs" threads after reading my post, (and others I presume). I thought that if they are going through them, others might also, so I inserted a "cross post alert". That "necroing" or "spam bumping" as you may refer to it, will die out in a matter of hours, but it will nonetheless be there for anyone doing searches on "Smurfs" was my reasoning.
If it means I take a hit because unread relative content is brought to the forefront for new members/players (and even oldie but goodie reading), that was not my intention. Just a gamble on my part that the more casual troller could more easily stumble upon Smurf related content. It's a huge issue in my opinion, and if no one wants to contribute, it's not for the lack of trying on my part.