What's so wrong about replying to a slightly old post?

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Why do people make such a big deal when, say, if a post was made in August 2010 and some more replies were made in April 2011? I mean, so what? There's nothing wrong in carrying on a thread what was made only a few months ago? Some posts I have replied to which were made way back in 2007, but since some of us joined recently, there is no rule that we have to only stick to posts what have been made yesterday. I first joined in January 2010, which has just been over a year, but I have found some older topics interesting and really wanted to post some replies to them. Once when I started a new topic about something, I got a reply saying ''there is already a thread on this - search the forum before you write out new ones'', so I searched the forum and I did find one sort of the same as the one I had started, but that was dated like 4 years ago, so I knew not to reply anything to that thread because I will get a reply saying ''this thread is 4 years old''.

I know what you're referring to; 'twas me in the first instance.
Sorry if I offended you.

But to answer your question...
Many just think it is annoying; threads die for a reason.
I start new threads on the same or similar subject whenever I see a dead thread I'm tempted to respond to.

It's annoying because the OP isn't usually on the forum anymore nor majority of the repliers. So the chances are they will never read your response nor the new ones. It's like beating a dead horse. And when you reply to too much old topics, it bumps the new topics onto the next page and the chances are people might not ever respond to them because most people read what is on the first page. Sometimes bumping old topics is fine such as my old ones because it's great when they get brought back to life. I have bumped old topics myself and if someone makes a fuss about it and the topic had only been dead for a month or three weeks, it just encourages me to bump more old topics just to piss that person off But it depends on how they say it. If they sounded rude saying it, I just do it to piss them off, even if they made a fuss over a couple week old dead topic. If they say something like "This is an old topic" then neah. Maybe if they had that attitude over a couple week old dead topic, maybe.

it could be for several reasons, like maybe the thread was stupid to some or it was such a time is of the essence thread that answering a thread 4 years later seems rather trivial to some as perhaps the original poster may not be around anymore or perhaps the issue/question/situation was taken care of (i.e came to its own perfect death over time) . but of course over the years, the number of similar topic threads will usually increase so it might be an annoyance for some to see the same topic that is written in a different way over and over again. of course it could be some people have too much time on their hands and just want to vent about a rather silly annoyance in the first place. i mean hell there are threads here near the 1000 page mark, i dont see too many people being upset about those threads being a few years old. as it is just another post on a thread for everyone to feel like they are communicating and being seen by others. its that constant rush off the information superhighway that we have easily become adapted to lightning fast communications and actions in our online and offline lives as well. but really, who the f**k cares about a thread's youth and longevity. its just time people and all we are is dust in the wind. this post on this thread will be old in less than 3 minutes. and i apologize for answering a thread about threads that might be time based threads. oh s**t i have gone cross eyed again!

I don't think you can win with this.
If you bump old threads, you're a necroposter.
If you make a new thread on a topic that's already been covered, you get told that there are already threads on the topic and to search before posting.
I'd recommend telling whoever complains not to get their panties in a wad, but I fear that might be seen as a personal attack.

i like necropostia

Perhaps it's because I use WP a different way. I don't go straight to the index and see what posts are on the first page. I saved the ''Find all posts by Joe90'' page on my favourites, and I go straight to that every time I go on WP then have a look at the 8 most recent posts I've made and see if I got any replies. And other times, when I get really interested in something and look it up on WP, I use the custom search box. But then I've got to take pot luck and hope for the best that some of the threads I want are in this year. I'm not bothered if the OP can't read my post or not. I don't mind who reads it. Once when I've started a thread and I hadn't looked at it since, and about 4 months later I found it and went back to it and I found that about 20 pages had been added to it.

I must admit, I don't really like to add anything to threads what are as far back as mid-2008, but I'm sure just a couple of years out of date are OK. I think that after a couple of years threads should automatically expire, where you can't read them any more. That way people might not accidentally write a really good post then think, ''oh s**t - it's like 6 years old!''