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How do you feel about posting to a dead thread? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Is it weird? Is it rude? Should threads be archived?

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It is a holdover from the old forum days when adding a comment would pop a thread to the top of the front page, so someone going through and commenting on multiple old posts would flood the front page with outdated discussions. Generally those people would also post worthless comments, like 'Thanks', that didn't add anything.

Now that we have more ways to sort the underlying problem is no longer relevant, but some people still hold on to that mindset. Some people who weren't around for the older forums may have caught the disdain from others, or could even just have it in their minds that discussions always have limited time frames for whatever reason.

I don't care unless someone relies to my comment to continue some stupid argument they started four months ago.

[–] droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh I didn't know that! I didn't grow up on forums but I used them a few times here and there. You're right new replies do push a thread to the top. Kind of a bad design lol.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was a great design when the intent was to make new discussion visible. It was great for reviving threads when new and prodictive discussion was added!

Like any design, there will be cases where it doesn't work as intended. It is hard to design around people adding non-productive comments.

[–] droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Fair point

There's only one forum I visit nowadays and it gets older threads revived every now and then. Usually to say "Whatever happened to that? Is it done yet?"

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don’t understand why people would find it rude/incorrect

[–] droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] Shawdow194@fedia.io 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hope we have threads stay alive for years

If the thread is still relevant - post away!

[–] run@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 weeks ago

this was how it worked on forums back in the day, no? i see it as a revival of a good thing