Is it weird? Is it rude? Should threads be archived?
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’ll let you know in a year.
I never understood the taboo.
It’s a holdover from old BBS forum style.
When you reply to an ancient thread, it immediately gets pushed to the top of the board. Now everyone basically is wondering what this 5 year old topic is doing on the first page. And they might have to read through several pages of messages to understand what the hell the newest reply is about because nobody remembers the topic in the first place.
With Reddit/Lemmy, the upvote system means it really doesn’t matter at all if you reply to an ancient thread, it won’t jump to the front page for anyone.
yes it will for those who (like me) are sorting by “new comments”
Me neither, but someone commented here it’s a holdover from the days of forums where a new reply to an old thread would instantly put that thread at the top of the forums because the order was always latest reply. This was found annoying by some people especially if the new reply was short and meaningless or something. Makes more sense to me 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
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
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
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
If it provides me information I need… I’ll thank the poster.
I’ve commented a thank you a literal decade after the helpful comment was made.
When I was on reddit… If the thread was archived, I’d copy the link and send the person a message saying thanks. If it was very helpful.
I don’t have a problem with it obviously. Back in the day being a thread necromancer was frowned upon. Now, it doesn’t bump the thread to the top of the forum, so who cares
Back in the day being a thread necromancer was frowned upon. Now, it doesn’t bump the thread to the top of the forum, so who cares
I never even saw the problem back then. If new info made the thread relevant again (even if it was just that someone new had something to say), it was fine with me to see a thread pop back up to the top.
Agreed. But you know how some power tripping folk can be. :/
Reminds me of the flame wars in newsgroups about whether top-posting or bottom-posting (quote after or before reply) was holier.
What did you see DenverCoder9?
Haha man that’s so accurate.
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
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.
I mean… Sometimes it’s weird, but sometimes it’s not. Depends on what the thread is about and how long it’s been, I guess.
Generally speaking, if the thread isn’t “time-sensitive,” if you want to reply, just reply. That’s my take.
I don’t care, I post when I have something to say.
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.
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.
RemindMe! 1000 years
