Does necromancing threads....

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bother you??

I kind of find it annoying when I see a new thread, and find that it's from 2009/10/11/12/...13...even. They seem to be more common lately.

"BRAAAAINS....BRAYYYNS......BRAYYYYNNSSS...."
The living dead threads are on the march...shuffling towards your farmhouse now!

Sometimes. It depends on the thread.

Sometimes, just like wiccans kinda bother me sometimes as well. It's totally cool if you want to base your spirituality around that stuff (who am I to judge?), but if you're going to talk about it with me, at least know something about it. I hate it when I ask a question about things like this and the person's like, "Quiet, I'm part of an ancient sect! And if you wanna talk about anything over a decade old, then I don't care."

"And Crowley was a god."

*facepalm*

If the thread is over 2-3 pages long and information is guaranteed to be lost, then it bothers me as it fills the forum with threads of clutter. If the thread is within that page range, and the topic is still relevant and able to be expanded upon, and the poster does indeed expand upon it appropriately, then it doesn't bother me at all.

I really really want to answer the poll, but it depends for me on the topic, something other than yes/no that someone ressed (resurrected) the thread...

Gotta love zombie threads! The undead threads that refuse to die.....

Seriously, resurrecting old threads is a good thing if done properly and it is pertinent. Sometimes it makes more sense then starting new. Depends upon the thread and reasons for reviving it I think.

I'm more of a skimmer, so I don't dig that deep myself. The older threads still have relevance, and the voices from the past still have merit.

Was it necessary to post this on the general forum?

Oh I misunderstood, I thought you meant actual necromancy! Just ignore my previous post.

I think it's ok as long as there is new info, or the original thread was lost or something.

I've had meltdown threads resurface after months have gone by. It's humbling to see what an idiot you've been. Beware what you write, it will come back and bite you.

'fraid so, as it's pertinent to this board.

Not a fan of old threads rising from the crypt. I don't normally look at the date and always assume its current. So I might be thinking on it, or a response and then I realize I am getting ready to answer someone who hasn't posted in 3 years.

I personally like that this message board is lenient toward thread bumping. A lot of it depends on context. There are people who'll resurrect a thread that actually has an interesting or unusual topic, instead of one that returns multiple times in new threads. It's cool to read those old posts on the subject, often by posters who've left the forum years ago- so there's a bit of a nostalgia factor for me.
Some posters who bump threads take care that they mind their netiquette, by typing something like 'Sorry that I'm bumping an old thread, but I was really wondering about this or that'. I generally like that better than when someone just replies to the thread as if the last post was yesterday instead of 3 years ago.

I much prefer WP's tolerant policy toward bumping threads to the more stringent rule of 'no thread necromancy' that's maintained on some other boards I've frequented. I think everyone should be free to post and contribute to the discussions in any way they prefer (including thread resurrection), as long as they don't go about insulting other members. Especially new members will typically have a lot of questions about autism, so they usually go into either of two directions: starting new threads on topics that are new to them, but familiar to long-time posters (which sometimes entices frustration in said regulars), or use the search function to find old threads on the topics they want to learn about, and resurrect them so they can talk about it (which also entices frustration, often in the same regulars).

So yeah.

Cyclops is right, and I must admit a lot of new threads are variations on the same theme. And are quite boring (boring for me).

But some of the necromanced threads haven't been too different. None that I have found particularly interesting or new.

I can understand that it may get tedious to see the same or similar thread topics posted week after week, but at the same time I can understand that new members will be eager to discuss these things with any members who happen to be online at that particular moment. Sometimes it's better to get immediate feedback than to go over an article or an old thread on the particular subject you wish to know about. Being new to an online community can be as scary as being new to a work environment or a casual social gathering.