Is it weird? Is it rude? Should threads be archived?
Every thread on lemmy is dead
By reddit standards maybe. I’ll tell you though I am always delighted whenever I recognize a user from another thread.
It’s so easy bc there’s only dozens of them
I get comments on months old posts, I’m fine with it since it will help future users
If the person is looking for a discussion (ex. They need help with the software I posted about), then it’s usually better they make a new post
I don’t care, I post when I have something to say.
Not a fan of thread necromancy
Would you mind expanding on that? I picked up that it’s not generally done, but whenever someone replies to something I’ve posted, I generally don’t care, and I’ll often reply to them if it’s worthwhile.
Obviously, some stuff is time sensitive, but if someone wants to disagree with or add to something I’ve said a year or more ago, I don’t see the issue. But I think your opinion is the majority?
I don’t comment on things older then a month because most of the time people have forgotten what the thread was about.
Usually the reply triggers a notification so at least one person will read it. It’s easy to read through the thread to catch up.
Thanks! I don’t know why people are downvoting you. The OP literally asked what people felt, and I wanted to hear your take. I guess they just don’t agree? I’m not sure downvoting someone for sharing their reasonable view is a great system.
do whatever you want, who’s going to stop you the thread police?
I think people call it deadposting. I’ve heard someone be like “Sorry for deadposting” so I thought if they’re apologizing it must be frowned upon.
Someone made a rude comment to me because I was looking for information regarding an interest. No one else replied. I shook it off and kept looking.
Depends on what the thread was about. If it’s a technical thread, and if you have something to contribute that might help someone in the future with that issure, go ahead. Most of the rest of the time, it’s just bad form.
I don’t understand why people would find it rude/incorrect
God knows there aren’t many new threads on lemmy so I’ve been searching random keywords looking for interesting old threads to read and sometimes comment on.
Quite a few of us sort by “New Comments”. Posting to an old thread can help breathe new life into it, especially if you have something new to add to the conversation.
I’d never seen that feature. I’m gonna try it out now
It’s really really funny to do. Hate anyone who does it to me though. Shit’s funnier than when Rick turned himself into a pickle when I do it though
Perfectly fine. Bumps don’t do what they used to do in messageboard/BBS contexts, so if you have something useful/clever/funny to say in a dead thread I say go for it.
Heck, sometimes it can prompt a follow-up when someone says “You know, I should do [x related to topic]” after some time has passed, which is fun.
I acknowledge it. I preface my post with something, usually /rezz or I’ll comment “I know this is old but…”
RemindMe! 1000 years
Me posting in a thread that was last active in 2005:
I hope we have threads stay alive for years
If the thread is still relevant - post away!
this was how it worked on forums back in the day, no? i see it as a revival of a good thing
The older the thread the funnier necroing is. If the forums I was on in middle school were still around you can bet I’d be bumping some of those threads just for teh lulz.
We had the opportunity to do something really funny, here
You still can if you come back in 5 years
Not if we keep this thread alive.
In memory of the lost ones: *Bump
The wording had initially confused me.
I thought this was about posts that got no comments, not about necro’ing posts.
Honestly, I think necro’ing posts is really only a problem when your forum software doesn’t have many options for sorting the feed. Lemmy is more advanced; if you don’t like necro’d posts, then just don’t sort by recent activity.
