Necroposting

[Excited Penguin]

I think the necroposting quasi-rule shouldn't exist. Can anyone tell me why it does?

[Cyberman]

To encourage people to open up new discussion, rather than engage with members who might not have posted in recent years, mainly.

[LastPoet]

Its not a rule, it's a guideline. Instead of resurecting old threads where people may find themselves replying to users that may not even use the forum anymore, one could create a new thread, more actual where a discussion with present users might happen and be more fruitious.

[The Valkyrie]

Because long dead threads try and eat peoples' brains when they're raised.

[vorlon13]

Sometimes those old threads go bad while in storage too.

[paulpablo]

The soil of a man's heart is stonier, Excited Penguin. A man grows what he can, and he tends it. 'Cause what you buy, is what you own. And what you own... always comes home to you.

sometimes, dead is better. The thread you post in ain't the same thread. It might look like that thread, but it ain't that thread, because whatever thread lives on the ground beyond the month without anyone posting ain't a thread at all.

[Excited Penguin]

So if it is truly so that you don't reply to members who don't frequent the forums anymore, I don't see why I shouldn't dig up old threads to reply to currently active users.

[paulpablo]

So if it is truly so that you don't reply to members who don't frequent the forums anymore, I don't see why I shouldn't dig up old threads to reply to currently active users.

The barrier was not meant to be crossed, the ground is sour.

Don’t go beyond, no matter how much you feel you need to, Penguin. The barrier was not made to be broken.

[rexbeccarox]

So if it is truly so that you don't reply to members who don't frequent the forums anymore, I don't see why I shouldn't dig up old threads to reply to currently active users.

You can. I don't know of anyone who ever had to face discipline because of a necrothread. That's why it's a guideline and not a rule. Sometimes old threads are really interesting and appropriate to revive. You're just supposed to use your better judgement.

[paulpablo]

I came to talk you out of it, you need to accept that the thread is dead, not try to bring it back.  I know you're thinkin of putting a post up there.