"Thread Necromancy" Topic

How evil is it?

What is it?

I was never able to understand what "they" had against it.

Something to do with the deterioration of your wardrobe, I'm sure

I'll reply in a year.

Must admit I rarely even spot it when it happens here – I don't tend to visit the individual boards much, just browse the homepage and search for myself by author to find threads I've recently posted to. Because of that, a thread raised from the dead as it were is unlikely to get my notice.

Not a real problem on TMP.

Since it doesn't bounce threads back to the homepage, I don't find it at all disruptive, and sometimes an old thread has great info in it that I'd missed the first time or just forgotten about.

I never find it to be a problem.

I am SO gonna bump this in six months.

Rise!

Rise, my thrall, and serve your new master!

RISE!

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being the head Warlock…wouldn't you know of the evils?

The only thing that ticks me off about it is almost replying again to a thread that I had already replied to. :-p

Two nanoHitlers..?

Tis not evil but necessary at times!

And don't forget: "Klaatu Barado Nimumble!"

I kinda like it. It brings up things I've forgotten about.

The way this site is set up i cant see how it would ever be a problem.

Grimm

Tis good.

I think it is ok, especially if it helps a fellow gamer get answers or new information contained within the thread.

it is one of the best features of keeping info available for people that were not around when the topic started. So…it is not evil at all.

I prefer to see a new thread started, linked to the old thread, if there's new information forthcoming. But thread necromancy doesn't bother me. either.

I don't see the need for a Poll. The discussion here is overwhelmingly in favor of necromancy, or at worst indifferent.

Bill is there a problem? Why would you say it's evil?

Not evil, just misunderstood!

JohnG

As a noob here I've pulled up older stuff to look at,but tried to avoid posting for fear of causing irritation. Sounds like maybe not as big a deal as I thought--within reason. How old does a thread have to be to be considered necromancy? A month? Six? Off the board?

Of course,"real" necromancy means raising the dead to ask them questions about the future,which isn't exactly what we're talking about here…

Seriously?

How is this even a problem? It's one of the pluses of this site that you can find an old thread, and contribute something new to it.

If you don't want people posting to old threads turn off the ability to post to them.

Hafen, you should feel free to post away on any topic that doesn't land you in the clink. If some people don't like it, they don't have to comment. How a hobby forum can cause so much annoyance for some folks is beyond me.

Thanks. But someone was complaining about Tango01 "taking up space" with his posts,so I wonder…

Didn't know cyberspace was in danger of running out of room!

I like it – sometimes it brings back an interesting topic that needs refreshing

To be fair I've seen it cause problems elsewhere, especially when someone resurrects a contentious topic, but the way TMP works it's far less of an issue.

Well,I wasn't thinking of going back through the Modern Boards and bringing up the "Should the US Cavalry Switch to Tanks?" thread…

I wish there was more thread necromancy on TMP.

Makes you wonder what happened to Allen Curtis & others…………….

Just saying

Binky says "Shed a tear for the dear departed"

Somebody had to do this….

You beat me to it.

Bump.

You know that a kitten dies every time someone necroposts, don't you?

I read that on the internet, so it must be true.

"It's dead, Jim …", Dr. L. McCoy, CMO USS Enterprise, NCC-1701, UFP.

You know that a kitten dies every time someone necroposts, don't you?

What is this necroposting, and how do I get in on it?