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Originally Posted by wayne watson
just commented on a 3 yr old thread before checking the date, I did just get up but who keeps rehashing these? should they be put to rest after awhile or not? esp the non-info ones  you know, like this one |
People that bump them usually fall into 1 of 3 categories:
1) they have successfully used the search feature and are continuing a discussion. This should be encouraged, not discouraged.
2) are intentionally bumping old threads because they find it funny -in which case, I'll usually delete their post (unless some real discussion happens to follow the bump)
3) are spammers (they tend to have less than 5 posts, have odd user info (ex, Drives: male), and copy a post from earlier in the thread). These people are banned & their posts are deleted. However, if someone stumbles upon the thread & comments on it, it will end up looking like they bumped it after we delete the spam.
All that said, I don't see a problem with old threads being re-activated. If its a relevant discussion, who cares how old the thread is? If the info is clearly out of date, the thread usually dies again in short order.
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