Cloudflare message when trying to bump thread

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spotify95w
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31 Jan 2016, 8:21 pm

I found a thread from 2005 which I fancied adding to but every time I try to post my reply in it, I keep getting a Cloudflare page appear asking me to verify I'm human. I do so, but I'm just taken back to the posting page and the reply not posted.

Why is this?



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03 Feb 2016, 8:24 am

It has to do with CAPTCHA, NOT the fact that you are trying to respond to a TEN-year-old thread, and there are TONS of people having trouble (we have a thread with over 250 posts, about this). Why would you want to post to a thread that old? No.1, it's doubtful the people are still here, hence they won't respond to you; and no.2, there are enough people here that don't like those necro-bumps, and likely won't respond to you. Why not just start a NEW thread, with the same topic / info? The likelihood that people will respond is likely greater, if you do that. People don't like responding to old threads, because they feel duped, for instance.