Thread necromancy

[starseeker]

Since old threads are periodically revived I was thinking, do you ever revive dead threads, or are you tempted to? If so, what are your reasons for doing it?

[Christmas]

SPAM.

[DK]

Christmas tells me to do it. I daren't disobey her.

[Christmas]

I remember one FASCINATING newbie thread of OLD MANUS revived by our dear SCOTTNUMBERS. Truly classic.


http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthread.php?t=44229

[Zeromus_X]

It really depends on the moderators' view on it. On another forum, if the user posts something on-topic and otherwise is still contributing, it's okay. Most forums seem to frown upon thread necromancy however.

[Jess]

I don't revive dead threads. :jess:

[SammieBabe]

I'm too lazy to dig for old threads. So I let them die...

[Levian]

I remember one FASCINATING newbie thread of OLD MANUS revived by our dear SCOTTNUMBERS. Truly classic.


http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthread.php?t=44229

Haha, funny how Old Manus tried to edit out his dark past of asking people "wut is ur favrit ff??:confused:" You were so cute back then, Old M. :love:

[Madonna]

Nothing good comes from unearthing the dead.

[-N-]

Hahaha ScottNUMBERS is my hero. :D

[Roto13]

It needs to be called "threadcromancy"

[Madame Adequate]

I see little wrong with thread necromancy. Moderators are all "Don't spam topics!" But they're also all "Don't revive dead topics!" but they don't tell you where the line is and you're just trying to follow the rules and then Emma comes along and ;____;. I have to tell the court where she touched me with one of those toy dolls they use.

[Yuffie514]

i frequently revived topics on a message board, although not deliberately. and this reason has partially to contribute, other than my opinion of ezboard being so crummy:


but they don't tell you where the line is

[escobert]

No I don't

[Roto13]

I'm making a note in my calendar to post in this topic in 6 months.

[xX.Silver.Wings.Xx]

I do it accidentally sometimes... I just search random words... Or for something interesting...etc.... and i post in some ancient threads without realising that they've already started to decompose:barf:.
I don't bother looking at the dates.

[drunkymonkey]

I'm making a note in my calendar to post in this topic in 6 months.

I was just about to say that someone will be really really witty and necropost this topic in six months...

[Zeldy]

Why would anyone be bothered to do that?

[bipper]

Why would anyone be bothered to do that?

I was wondering the same thing....

I kow I post in em once they have been necro'ed, but I most certainly do not like to dig up dead things - I am not an aries fanboy :eep:

[drunkymonkey]

Why would anyone be bothered to do that?
This is the Internet.

[DanteV9]

I don't care about dead threads.

[Levian]

Dead threads are great if you want to knit a dead sweater.

[ScottNUMBERS]

lol i get it

[Christmas]

ScottNUMBERS knows the score.

[bipper]

bipper 603 everyone else 0

[Sefie1999AD]

I'm too lazy to dig for old threads. So I let them die...

The same for me. Although there's been a couple of times when someone had revived an old thread and I didn't notice how it had been dead for a long time, and then I posted in that thread.

[Marly]

If I see a thread that looks interesting, I post in it. I don't really bother looking at dates to see if i'm reviving the dead.

[Loony BoB]

Bumping threads which should not be bumped is against the rules.


Reviving or 'Bumping' of old threads. While there isn't an exact timescale set for when this becomes a no-no, you can generally assume that if a thread has reached the fourth page or is over three months old, then you should leave it. There are very few exceptions to this rule, and if you still want to bump an old thread and are not sure if it's okay, just PM an Administrator or Cid's Knight and we'll let you know if it's okay.

Tada! I bump threads only if I deem them 'bumpable' - for example the Quotes thread, the Movie Rating thread and the like.

[Zeromus_X]

'Update' threads would be an exception. (Someone's game challenge, etc.)

[Chris]

I never revive old threads, unless they are my own. :D

[Christmas]

This old thread gets revived! :bigsmile: