Awake, My Unthread Minion!

[TarionzCousin]

I've bumped into more than my usual old/revived threads lately.

How do you feel when an old thread is resurrected?

1. I hate it. If the info were interesting enough, it would survive on its own.
2. It bugs me somewhat.
3. I don't care; I just like answering polls/other
4. It's okay if it is interesting.
5. I love it. It is refreshing and new.

Note: This poll/thread's title is from a phrase Pbartender wrote in a recently revived (for news update purposes) thread regarding Reaper plastic minis.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

Very often, the old threads are very good old threads, in which case I'm thrilled. Some I have to wonder what the raiser was thinking, though.

 

[Ry]

I love it when old threads are brought back; there's so many great ideas out there that you can't catch them all the first time 'round. I'd much rather see thread necromancy than somebody just starting up the same old discussion that had better answers in the past.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Very often, the old threads are very good old threads, in which case I'm thrilled. Some I have to wonder what the raiser was thinking, though.

Mischief, quite often, is my guess. You'll see one or another person doing a whole spree of them at times.

 

[frankthedm]

I love it when old threads are brought back; there's so many great ideas out there that you can't catch them all the first time 'round. I'd much rather see thread necromancy than somebody just starting up the same old discussion that had better answers in the past.

Same here

Mischief, quite often, is my guess. You'll see one or another person doing a whole spree of them at times.

yep

 

[Michael Silverbane]

Mischief, quite often, is my guess. You'll see one or another person doing a whole spree of them at times.

I can't believe that any of the upsdtanding posters here at ENWorld would engage in such tomfoolery! You take that back!

Later
silver

 

[GAAAHHH]

I like it, as long as new ideas are being brought up.

 

[Nifft]

It's okay if it's interesting and still topical.

Some issues have been solved, and I don't want to hear about them. But many have not been solved, and hearing about them is still cool.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Slife]

I predict that this thread will eventually be necromanced.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

I can't believe that any of the upsdtanding posters here at ENWorld would engage in such tomfoolery! You take that back!

You meant tomb-foolery, no doubt ... given the context of the thread!

Back to the poll: Personally, I don't mind thread necromancy.

What I really dislike is the posters who snydely comment to a poster above them something along the lines oh "You obviously didn't catch that this thread was started in 1675" ...

Okay ... I exagerated a bit on the date ...

but seriously. I don't mind people raising threads. But not everyone checks the dates of when posts are made. So in a raised thread, why do people have to be jerks and point and laugh at th guy who answered a question raised 4 years ago and was never properly answered? Sure, it is one thing to tell someone politely that they missed a thread necromancy. But some people are just downright rude when someone makes such a simple mistake and doesn't realize a thread necromancy has occurred.