At what point does a thread become necro?

[Umbran]

I'm not sure why this thread is getting snarky responses.

Because snarky is fun, I suspect.

Is there some issue with this question?

Not a real issue. I expect most folks don't find straight answers to be particularly valuable, so they reach for snark or comedy.

 

[billd91]

I figure the comedy (attempted, some more successfully than others) is coming from the fact that the question lends itself to tongue-in-cheek answers. And there's no real definitive answer because thread necromancy can be pretty contextual. It's also largely benign.

 

[cranberry]

I figure the comedy (attempted, some more successfully than others) is coming from the fact that the question lends itself to tongue-in-cheek answers. And there's no real definitive answer because thread necromancy can be pretty contextual. It's also largely benign.

Yea, I wasn't looking for a definitive answer, I was just asking for opinions.

 

[payn]

I'm not sure why this thread is getting snarky responses.

Is there some issue with this question?

I don't see what's so hard about providing a simple (real) opinion

I apologize, I was just trying to have a little fun. My opinion a thread necro isnt really a big deal. Though, I do laugh when I see one from a thread that is 15-20+ years old.

 

[Ryujin]

It's kind of like Justice Potter Stewart's declaration regarding obscenity: "I know it when i see it." If a thread hasn't been commented on for 6 months, it's dead. If it hasn't been commented on for a month? Maybe. Maybe not. Perhaps it needs to be declared well and truly dead?

 

[Rabulias]

This sounds like it should be a poll?

 

[Nikosandros]

Yea, I wasn't looking for a definitive answer, I was just asking for opinions.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean disrespect. I just thought about making a (lame) joke. I don't have a real answer to the question, I guess it really depends on the thread and on whether at least some of the previous posters are still active and interested in carrying on that discussion.

 

[trappedslider]

I'm not sure why this thread is getting snarky responses.

Is there some issue with this question?

I don't see what's so hard about providing a simple (real) opinion

 

[Ryujin]

I'm sorry, I didn't mean disrespect. I just thought about making a (lame) joke. I don't have a real answer to the question, I guess it really depends on the thread and on whether at least some of the previous posters are still active and interested in carrying on that discussion.

Very much so. If a thread was originally about "This thing is coming" and someone reopens it to post "The thing is now here", as I recently did for the B5 animated movie, that's probably not threadcromancy. It's just continuing a discussion in a way that includes previous information and allows reflection on previous assumptions.

 

[payn]

Very much so. If a thread was originally about "This thing is coming" and someone reopens it to post "The thing is now here", as I recently did for the B5 animated movie, that's probably not threadcromancy. It's just continuing a discussion in a way that includes previous information and allows reflection on previous assumptions.