PSA: Beware of the Necro Threads

[Canadane]

I disagree.
If an issue was brought up 5+ years ago, and someone decided to contribute, this would mean there is still merit to adding points of talk to the discussion at hand.

While the original topic creator may not be around to see your posts, someone might.

Like I can't tell you how often I'm doing my best google-fu on some obscure tech issue, to find a lone post on a small message board that had the same problem. With the only reply is just "Ah I figured it out thanks" and it's old and closed and I have no way to bring it up again asking him to actually post the dang procedure lol.
I could create a new topic on it but why not use the one that already exists? The guy that have made it might get an alert or something. It's my best lead and it's locked, it's a bit frustrating lol.

Personally, I just report the individual every time I see a thread get necro'd by them.

This is even worse. What's the point? There's no limitations on how old something can be before replies aren't allowed.
You're talking like this is some mismanaged 90's style special interest BBforum or something.

[Iscah]

This is even worse. What's the point? There's no limitations on how old something can be before replies aren't allowed.
You're talking like this is some mismanaged 90's style special interest BBforum or something.

There's a clear difference between reviving a thread because you want to continue the discussion, and reviving ten threads in quick succession with such insightful comments as "you can reply with a quote by clicking 'Reply With Quote'."

[Saefinn]

I disagree.
If an issue was brought up 5+ years ago, and someone decided to contribute, this would mean there is still merit to adding points of talk to the discussion at hand.

While the original topic creator may not be around to see your posts, someone might.

Whilst that's a plausible reason for somebody to do it. I don't think the necroing the OP is referring to counts.

See exhibit A:

I am so sorry this happened to you. If you need someone to talk to feel free to PM me

That was on a 3 year old rant thread from a new player who got kicked out of a dungeon for being new.

Exhibit B:

You can easily tell there are no more players joining the game by how empty The Goblet is.

A 1 year old thread about the population of the game that was necro'd.

Exhibit C

You can reply to your thread by clicking "Reply to Thread."

A necro'd thread from 2014. That funnily enough was about a necro debate.

And these are all necrobumps from a resident troll who is well established as being a troll. It seems after finding many of his troll threads haven't gotten good bites and that almost everybody realises that he's a troll that he's taken to being a nuisance instead.