11-21-2019, 03:33 PM | #1 |
Mouser
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Is it allowed to necro / bump threads?
Hi, I only come by here very rarely, so I don't know much about how this site operates.
Once every few months or so I get inspired to look up questions I have about TMNT, and in my experience this place is by far the best place to find that. Usually people have already created a thread, asked these questions and gotten their answers. Occasionally I'd also like to write something, but then I realize these threads may be several years old, and I don't know if I would just get people mad at me for writing in them by then? So I thought I should just make sure, is it allowed for me to write in older threads? Also I wanted to see if this question was already asked, but this Questions/Comments/Suggestions forum has only 10 threads displaying for me, of which five are stickied despite I know I made a thread here 10 years ago. TLR is necroing of old threads allowed? |
11-21-2019, 03:37 PM | #2 |
Weed Whacker
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It's better than making new threads about exactly the same thing, IMO.
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11-21-2019, 06:29 PM | #3 |
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It really depends on the thread, but for the most part Andrew's right.
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11-21-2019, 07:51 PM | #4 |
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I've never understood why some people get mad about it, but that's mostly been other sites, not here.
edit: Some here are more likely to point out that a thread already exists rather than get mad about an old thread coming back to life. |
11-21-2019, 08:36 PM | #5 |
Megan Fox = April
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Necro bumping is great
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11-21-2019, 08:43 PM | #6 |
Team Blue Boy
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Spoiler:
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11-22-2019, 12:29 AM | #7 |
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11-22-2019, 01:09 AM | #8 |
Mad Scientist
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With shifts in members over time it gives chance for more to discuss I guess, I mean it's that or you end up with duplicate threads as others have said.
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11-22-2019, 07:52 AM | #9 |
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How fun is it to enter a discussion dated let's say February 2004, and over 50 % of all participants have left, some of them even banned.
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11-22-2019, 07:53 AM | #10 |
Overlord
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How fun is it to enter a discussion dated let's say February 2004, and over 50 % of all participants have left, some of them even banned?
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11-22-2019, 08:19 AM | #11 |
Team Blue Boy
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I dunno, I mean even if some of those particular people would no longer weigh in, their thoughts may still be valuable input from around the time a thing was current, alongside newer discussion in hindsight or for those who weren't in the loop at the time.
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11-22-2019, 10:54 AM | #12 |
Overlord
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I just post in any thread I want, time has no meaning for me anymore.
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11-22-2019, 12:34 PM | #13 |
Emperor
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OP's question makes sense. A lot of forums will punish you for necroposting. That or you'll get a bunch of users complaining and telling you not to that ever again.
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11-22-2019, 02:19 PM | #14 |
Foot Soldier
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I've got something to say on this subject, but I think I'll wait at least 5 years and then bump the thread.
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11-22-2019, 03:15 PM | #15 |
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There are no rules here
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11-22-2019, 03:34 PM | #16 |
Overlord
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Anything is fair game. I love looking back at old threads from 2003-2004 when everyone was like half the age they are now.
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11-22-2019, 03:48 PM | #17 |
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11-22-2019, 04:30 PM | #18 |
Mouser
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Thank you all for your kind and welcoming replies.
Just to clarify, the threads I was looking at lately were closer to five years old than fifteen years old. Now I believe that I can occasionally revive threads that have been inactive for a couple of years without too much fear of reprisal. If I should happen to bother anyone doing so, please just inform me, and I'll adapt better to the ways of this forum. Cheers everyone! |
11-22-2019, 04:57 PM | #19 |
Overlord
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I wish I could find the very first thread I posted here but I can't find it. Most likely it was in 2005.
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11-23-2019, 07:25 AM | #20 |
Emperor
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Yeah, these forums only allow you to go so far when searching for an user's thread history. You gotta make a ton of them for it to be hard to find your very first ones, though.
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