Posting to an old topic, why does this get people angry?

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TomcatPC

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I posted to a topic a couple days back and the response I got was that I had angered a person by posting to a topic that was two years old. What is the big deal with posting to a topic that is old? I can't see how this harms anything.
Mark
 
Generally is just considered poor forum etiquette to bump an old thread. Even more so when the post adds little to nothing.
 
What is the time limit? I didn't want to anger anyone, but I didn't see any harm in posting.
Mark
 
Sometimes it is fun to ressurect really old necro threads. I just saw a 12 year old thread if I remember correctly.

People just take it to mean you are not really paying attention.



It happens, and sometimes on purpose.
 
I guess I can see it both ways. I didn't see where I was harming anything, and had I'd known first I'd kept my mouth shut. But the person who "scolded" me came off as giving me an "attitude" by saying things like "sigh" and a face symbol, which I think was a bit overboard. Had he just said something like "look...please don't post to topics over X amount of time" that would have been fine. But then again I gave the attitude back by saying "sigh" back...and for that I'm wrong. In the end...not sure it really matters a century from now? Just didn't want to get on people's bad sides.
Mark
 
No set time limit and certainly not a big deal.
 
Sometimes, it makes no sense. Sometimes people revive a ten-year-old for-sale thread to ask if the item is still available.

But, in general, I see nothing inheriently wrong with continuing an old thread if you have something new to contribute to it.
 
Those same people are going to get angry no matter what you do. They are the same people that will crucify you for bringing up a topic that is discussed anywhere else on the internet. Most old threads that are revived were the popular ones that brought forth much discussion. Years later there are people with new insight and older members with changed insight. In my opinion those threads are often the most informative
 
I know that I always appreciate something new. It just gets old re-hashing the same old topics.
 
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I look at this issue as history. Kind of like reading an old book from the library and discussing it with friends who have read the same in the past. Perhaps some folks on here just don't like to have friends...
 
Start a thread before comprehensively searching the database to see if you should be posting your query/finding the answer in a preexisting older thread? How dare you rehash a previously visited topic with a new thread, use the search function!

Posting a sub-question/comment in a preexisting but older thread? How dare you resurrect an old thread, start a new one!

Some people are just going to get mad no matter what, happens a lot on the internet. Best to just ignore them and move on.
 
If its not an old sales/trade thread, there's nothing bad, so either you post in an older thread and have people get upset or make a new thread and they get upset that you didn't look at the old thread... Some people forget that there are newbies and brain farts and the search function sucks sometimes.

Conversation is good, it's the entire point of an open community, without the same topics being discussed there wouldn't be new posts on anything but new knives/materials.

With so many members posting in so many topics, it's bound to happen and generally the guys who get ticked have something better to do than complain about a thread or subject they can choose to ignore.
 
It's just a lot of control freaks getting bent out of shape over nothing. If you don't want to look at the old thread then don't read it and move on.

I think if you find a great old thread and it really interests you, then by all means post and maybe others who have not seen the thread will post too.
 
It depends on the subject of the thread. If it was a fun topic that you'd like to breathe new life into, why not? If you have new information on a question that was never really answered, then by all means, share.

But if it's a thread such as "what knife should I get?", and it's 3 years old, chances are the OP has made up his mind long ago. Or if you're bumping a "Why the Cold Steel Hate?" or "Sebenza vs Strider" thread, then bumping this thread to the top is about as welcome as a backed-up toilet spewing the same crap you've already seen before.
 
SpookStrickland said:
It's just a lot of control freaks getting bent out of shape over nothing. If you don't want to look at the old thread then don't read it and move on.

I think if you find a great old thread and it really interests you, then by all means post and maybe others who have not seen the thread will post too.
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Extremely well-said. Thank you.
 
There are lots of angry, bitter, grumpy people on this planet. The internet just allows them to share their anger, bitterness, and grumpiness with the entire world.

Some people actually enjoy being angry and look for any excuse to criticize others. And there are LOTS of people on Bladeforums.

Old threads don't bother me one bit.
 
Lots of times it happens when someone discovers the forum through a search engine and signs up just to post in that thread because its something that interests them. It doesn't bother me unless it was a worthless thread to begin with.
 
It's a no win.

If you start a new thread with out searching first, you get blasted for not reading more and posting less...but if you resurrect an old thread you get scolded also.

It's just the way of things. Some guys like to feel special about "their" forum and want to make sure new guys know their place.

Just read the rules and follow them. If moderators blast you, you have problems, if other members blast you...don't sweat it unless you are doing something to cause it often or perpetuate it when it does happen (by arguing the point). Just shrug and move on to another topic.
 
TomcatPC said:
But the person who "scolded" me came off as giving me an "attitude" by saying things like "sigh" and a face symbol, which I think was a bit overboard. Had he just said something like "look...please don't post to topics over X amount of time" that would have been fine. But then again I gave the attitude back by saying "sigh" back...and for that I'm wrong. In the end...not sure it really matters a century from now? Just didn't want to get on people's bad sides.
Mark
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No worries. If you read the Moderators' chime-in afterwards, the rule he cites (which is more a guideline, regarding "thread necromancy") mentions not reviving something unless you have something "substantive" to add.

In this instance, I think your post was substantive-- experiential knowledge with the knife in question, a knife which is still available and that others might be currently interested in purchasing.

Some members seem to sit in wait with their NECROMANCY! horns, eager to let 'em blare.

They often miss the intent of the guideline, and that it possibly is still being followed regardless of the date of the last post in a given thread, in their eagerness to HONK.

~ P.
 
Because people want to complain. If you don't bump an old thread, they will complain that you didn't search and that there are a "million" threads about it already.
 
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