I've never seen anyone complain about this, but I wholeheartedly support thread necromancy. There are SO many threads and messages that could be deleted on the database as it is. By continuing a topic in an existing thread, you're reducing that clutter. The only negative I see to the practice is for the necromancer. There may not be anyone still watching that thread and so you might not ever get a reply.
On Sunday, January 13, 2013 11:04:57 PM UTC-6, Iidhaegn wrote: > > 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/-/METdy0HCZrsJ. 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.
