Do you practice Thread Necromancy?

Jacob Lewis · Mar 6, 2018

Due to the recent surge of threads revived through the dark arts as hollow, lifeless discussions of their former glory, I'm curious to find out who practices this foulest of forum magics and spark an "un-lively" discussion of the pros and cons of such activities.

ccs · Mar 6, 2018

No.
But now & then I accidently respond to a thread someone else has dug up.

Blue · Mar 6, 2018

ccs said:
No.
But now & then I accidently respond to a thread someone else has dug up.

The same - I don't go looking for dead threads, but if someone else reanimates it I may interact unknowing.

I put a feature request in the Meta forum to indicate very old threads. Icon, red date stamp, whatever. Just to help avoiding propagating necro'd threads. I wouldn't want to hide them, there's a lot of useful old threads like guides and such.

Morrus · Mar 6, 2018

I practice real necromancy. Does that count?

Jacob Lewis · Mar 6, 2018

Morrus said:
I practice real necromancy. Does that count?

A true necromancer would only admit it to me after I'm dead.

Michael Silverbane · Mar 6, 2018

Jacob Lewis said:
A true necromancer would only admit it to me after I'm dead.

Are you sure that you aren't?

Celebrim · Mar 6, 2018

Occasionally my ego gets the better of me. If someone ask for advice regarding their campaign, and I give them something and then later uncover the thread, I may resurrect it to find out how it worked out.

But in the long run, most topics will reincarnate in new forms. There is no need to dig up anything dripping and putrid or dry and stale. Wait a while; the wheel turns and every old topic will be new again.

ccs · Mar 6, 2018

Morrus said:
I practice real necromancy. Does that count?

Has it worked?

Giorgicus · Mar 6, 2018

ccs said:
No.
But now & then I accidentally respond to a thread someone else has dug up.

^This.

I very rarely do it deliberately, but I have responded to threads that were "reanimated" because I rarely check posting dates when responding.