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01 Jun 2013, 6:14 am

opal wrote:

Some of them are 2, 3, 5 or even 7 years old. Chances are the original poster has left the site, or doesn't give a sh** about the topic anymore.
And Steve Irwin's been dead 7 years.

Uh oh, it's the "old-thread police"!

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01 Jun 2013, 6:17 am

Grimdalus wrote:

Necromancy is fun though. Rise old threads from your grave and claim the souls of the newborn ones. :twisted:

+1

Best laugh so far one this topic.

Old threads are an issue....why? Look at the time stamp before wasting your time replying.

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01 Jun 2013, 8:09 am

opal wrote:

Some of them are 2, 3, 5 or even 7 years old. Chances are the original poster has left the site, or doesn't give a sh** about the topic anymore. And Steve Irwin's been dead 7 years.

I don't know what the problem is. OK it's a bit irritating from a pedantry POV that people are replying to an OP who may have long since gone, but some of the threads are interesting and still valid and people still have something to say about them. New discussion can arise on an old thread. How old the thread is, is entirely irrelevant.

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01 Jun 2013, 8:16 am

Joe90 wrote:

opal wrote:

Some of them are 2, 3, 5 or even 7 years old. Chances are the original poster has left the site, or doesn't give a sh** about the topic anymore.
And Steve Irwin's been dead 7 years.

I agree with you.

What annoys me more is the most mundane type of threads get bumped or just get tons of pages of replies, and some members create really interesting original topics that die after about a day and never get bumped again.

This is a little ironic. Several members have complained about those "is it AS when you...?" types of thread for instance, and the fact that they keep appearing when newbies arrive. So surely it's better for all those types of thread to continue on old ones of the same ilk than new ones to be started...

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01 Jun 2013, 8:17 am

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As a relative newcomer here, I find this complaint to be slightly perplexing.

I have noticed a number of new threads in which the op is ignored and instead respondents complain, "we already had a thread about this! Why can't you people learn to search?"

But here is this warning against the dark art of thread necromancy.

Which bit of netiquette rules in this situation?

Which is the lesser evil: thread necromancy or redundant thread proliferation?

Halleluja! Pretty much what I point out in my post above. :wink:

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01 Jun 2013, 8:19 am

btbnnyr wrote:

But sometimes new members might want to read all 1070 pages of WP general discussion, then reply to old threads from years ago, like the nose-picking one that someone should resurrect again, my favorite thread on WP.

Yes...perhaps it's their special interest. :lol:

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01 Jun 2013, 11:21 am

opal wrote:

Tyri0n wrote:

opal wrote:

Some of them are 2, 3, 5 or even 7 years old. Chances are the original poster has left the site, or doesn't give a sh** about the topic anymore.
And Steve Irwin's been dead 7 years.

Check it out, OP: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt1050.html

I don't see your point, Tyri0n. I'm not being obtuse, I just don't see your point.

People can obviously read factual information in posts without bumping up posts that are seven years old. That's why there is a search function. My point was that there are posts that are no longer "news" or even relevant; or those where people who had initiated or posted in the thread had moved on or even died. I have explained my reasons elsewhere in this thread.

Opal.

Actually, that thread I bumped was 9 years old, not 7.

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01 Jun 2013, 1:29 pm

^^^
Oh I get it.

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