I can't recall ever seeing a person attacked for bumping an old thread on BGG. Since there are SO many subjects on BGG that are as relevant today as they were 2 years ago (games that play well with 6 geek list, Tigris & Eupphrates strategies, etc) I think pretty much everyone here finds it perfectly acceptable for new additions to be made to most threads regardless of their age.
Obviously bumping a Hot Deals thread from 3 years ago could irritate a lot of people if it makes them think the deal is new and click through in anticipation of getting whatever the title was promoting, but these kind of time sensitive topics are more the exception than the rule given the nature of the site. As long as a topic can pass this simple test… - Is this subject still valuable and/or relevant today? Then you're not going to see any ruffled feathers by contributing a new post to it. On Monday, January 14, 2013 12:22:21 AM UTC-5, aliquis wrote: > > Also imho only idiots would complain for the reasons you mentioned. The > old thread will still be bump upwards in the thread views, all content will > be available including more old information so why not. > > Den måndagen den 14:e januari 2013 kl. 06:19:37 UTC+1 skrev aliquis: >> >> I don't think it's a problem at all except if it's someone asking what to >> buy for christmas 2011 and someone awake that thread and he or she get a >> bunch of new answers which may not even be read or used because people >> don't look at the first post. >> >> Den måndagen den 14:e januari 2013 kl. 06:04:57 UTC+1 skrev Iidhaegn: >>> >>> So I know people hate the act of thread rezzing (posting to a thread >>> that's been dead for a while - how long a "while" is varies from forum to >>> forum: a year or more, a few weeks, 20 minutes...) on various forums, but >>> what's the general consensus on BGG? (At least as understood by visitors to >>> this site...) >>> >>> I don't understand why people hate thread necromancers. The Internet is >>> like that. Just because it was posted last year, and whether or not it is >>> still relevant to YOU, does not mean that some other person stumbling on >>> said thread can't find relevance in it at a far future date. >>> >>> To complicate things even more, people will frequently berate others for >>> "not using the search function" (regardless how good [or bad] said search >>> function may be) on topics that have been discussed before, and yet, when >>> those people post to the ancient threads they sometimes get "instructed" to >>> "start a new thread." >>> >>> It's not really a serious issue, but I am wondering what people on BGG >>> think. >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bgg_down/-/S6Ra1xisz3UJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en.
