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?
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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?
SPAM.
Christmas tells me to do it. I daren't disobey her.
I remember one FASCINATING newbie thread of OLD MANUS revived by our dear SCOTTNUMBERS. Truly classic.
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.
I don't revive dead threads. :jess:
I'm too lazy to dig for old threads. So I let them die...
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Christmas
Nothing good comes from unearthing the dead.
Hahaha ScottNUMBERS is my hero. :D
It needs to be called "threadcromancy"
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.
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:
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Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF
No I don't
I'm making a note in my calendar to post in this topic in 6 months.
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.
I was just about to say that someone will be really really witty and necropost this topic in six months...Quote:
Originally Posted by roto13-ness
Why would anyone be bothered to do that?
I was wondering the same thing....Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeldy
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:
This is the Internet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeldy
I don't care about dead threads.
Dead threads are great if you want to knit a dead sweater.
lol i get it
ScottNUMBERS knows the score.
bipper 603 everyone else 0
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by SammieBabe
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.
Bumping threads which should not be bumped is against the rules.
Tada! I bump threads only if I deem them 'bumpable' - for example the Quotes thread, the Movie Rating thread and the like.Quote:
Originally Posted by EoFF's rules
'Update' threads would be an exception. (Someone's game challenge, etc.)
I never revive old threads, unless they are my own. :D
This old thread gets revived! :bigsmile: