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Necromancy - why does it bother me?
- Thread starter McBell
- Start date
'cause the topics were laid to rest long ago...and maybe have been revisited in other threads many times since?
McBell
Unbound
Maybe,'cause the topics were laid to rest long ago...and maybe have been revisited in other threads many times since?
but that just does not "feel" like it is the cause.
Hmmm.
How about, being from 2004, it reminds you of 1) how old you are, and/or 2) How long you've been on RF...
Heyo
Veteran Member
No idea.
But I find it laudable to first look if a topic has been discussed already before posting a new thread for n-th time.
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
Good luck with that
I find it annoying for 2 reasons, maybe they'll resonate with you:
1) I have to read through often pages of an ancient thread to get the context of what's being discussed.
2) Many of the members who participated in very old threads haven't been on the site in years. So it's like starting up a conversation with ghosts.
And also
3) It implies that nothing more recent is worthy of their attention. Like, really? No thread in the past 10+ years of site content is worth a reply, huh? How many pages of threads did they have to sift through to get to that one?
Lot of new information over the last 16 years that make a number of the old debates obsolete.
I don't mind it. Sometimes when a new member comes, they go browsing topics. They can either be unaware of the date, and not know that threads are dated, or they never had their chance to put in their two bits. I've seen threads go on pause for a couple of years, and then get renewed when a new person posts.
OTOH, if they're responding directly to a member who is no longer active, then perhaps we could politely point it out to them. No point in talking to the dead.
OTOH, if they're responding directly to a member who is no longer active, then perhaps we could politely point it out to them. No point in talking to the dead.
Its like if dogs could use cell phones. Thank goodness they can't, because there would be no end to the barking.
McBell
Unbound
I suspect they replied to a thread topic that caught their interest.
I do not usually pay attention to the dates when I reply.
So it isn't that their replying to dead threads is a problem anywhere I can see other than it is an admitted unreasonable irritation on my part.
McBell
Unbound
Not meeting your pre-conceived expectations does not make it click bait. but you go right ahead and do you.