Quote Originally Posted by TasteyPies
There is nothing wrong with answering a dead thread as long as the topic is still relevant and gets more replies from other people.
Yes, but there is a statue of limitations on those things. Some forums have a shorter time period. GC gets so much traffic that even a month is too long, but that's just the way it goes.

I think people who revive the old topics don't realize that it is a bad idea. Newer members search the forums they like for interesting topics and when they see one they'll post in it disregarding that it is from september 03 or something. It hasn't become that big of a problem.