So, who's new?

BOZ · Jun 21, 2004

cildarith said:
Thread necromancy at its worst...

yes, that was very chaotic evil of me...

Hawkshere · Jun 21, 2004

Um.., what's with the bumping of two year old threads? I'm not trying to be snooty, because this doesn't happen very often on this board, but in some online communities it's considered uncouth. The main objection being the confusion of newer readers, who weren't around for the original threadlife, and don't realize the discussion isn't current. Linking to (and quoting) the old thread is usually preferred. If a new thread relates to an old one, just post the link in the new thread. If you want to resurrect an old topic, create a new one and link/quoute the old thread in your post.

These are just suggestions, based on many years of observed netiquette. Please take them with a grain of salt, just like everything else you read online.

Knight Otu · Jun 22, 2004

Well, there will be a thread purge in the near future, so a link might end up being dead.

cildarith · Jun 22, 2004

...And there is a thread purge because....

*drum roll*

...there are too many threads.

In my (humble?) opinion, bumping an old, relavent thread is always preferable to creating a new one to cover the same topic, all over again.

Besides, confusing newbies is fun.

lkj · Jun 22, 2004

Been a consumate lurker since the days when Eric Noah was the Overmaster. Despite a recent lapse where I got myself a log in, this really hasn't changed.

AD

Arthur Tealeaf · Jun 22, 2004

I've been lurking around since the old Noah boards. I originally lurked about under the alias "Titius" but eventually changed it because people misread it as "Titus" without the "i"...

My biggest thread ever was the totally useless *bump* thread, where every post was a "bump". Yep, I feel ashamed to be the starter of that piece of messageboard-spam

Maliki · Jun 22, 2004

Been coming for the news for years, just started lurking and posting having a blast

Hawkshere · Jun 22, 2004

I've been reading this community site since the board-before-gamespy. I'd guess early 2000, offhand. (I know it was over six months before 3E released.)

If no one objects to the extreme bumping, then that's cool

-- I've seen folks get flamed six ways from Sunday and served on toast in other communities where that sort of stuff happens a lot more often.

Personally, as a former web-board administrator, the really classic threads need to be properly archived (which Morrus has a system for) and everything else needs to kick the bit-can when its time is done. Topic churn is part of the Natural Order of Things.