Besides, there is a thing called necroposting, which is like reviving a "dead" thread. Most of the time, the dead threads are located on page 3 and higher in the forums. Why the staff dislike it when someone revives a "dead" thread, is because, as eest said, you're bringing up the past. It's even more annoying if you bring up a post from... LAST year. As eest said, you can start a new thread about an old topic that you found that has been "dead" for several months. You may still get the same answers as the older thread, but you'll also get some fresh answers from other members who haven't posted in the other thread. So it's a Win-Win situation!
First, you're not reviving an old thread, second, you're getting fresh and new responses, and you're also likely to get the same responses from the members who posted in the older thread, so it works out.
