Vent: What is it with people and old threads?

Pollycat

I guess I might be one of Azari's so-called 'freelance mods'. :cool:

I find it annoying when someone resurrects an old thread as sometimes it causes members, who with the best of intentions in trying to help, to waste their time before realising that the advice someone has sought was 5 years old.

The thread mentioned by Outpost was resurrected by someone who didn't have anything positive to say, just a criticism of the OP:

Ladybirds wrote: »

Heather + Tom, maybe if you improved your own attitude you wouldn't be so angry.

I just can't see the point in resurrecting old threads if that's what you're going to say.

However, as other people have pointed out, it's sometimes relevant to post on the bottom of an old thread.

I think thriftymanc has it absolutely spot-on with his comments above, especially about the likelihood of people reading the first post and replying to that instead of the newest post.

Azari wrote: »

Other than people answering the OP in a long dead thread I cannot see what the problem is.

Maybe you can see the point now, Azari.
It's not just a 'small but persistant group of posters whining'.

Sorry if you don't like it, but if I see a post similar to the one quoted above by Ladybirds that drags up and old thread and adds absolutely nothing, I will continue to ask that poster what the point is.

fluffnutter

Pollycat wrote: »

I find it annoying when someone resurrects an old thread as sometimes it causes members, who with the best of intentions in trying to help, to waste their time before realising that the advice someone has sought was 5 years old.

Why not just check the dates before getting too immersed?

Pollycat

fluffnutter wrote: »

Why not just check the dates before getting too immersed?

Better still (imho) don't drag up old threads just to berate somebody who last logged on 2-and-a-half years ago.....

Azari

Pollycat wrote: »

I guess I might be one of Azari's so-called 'freelance mods'.

It's not just a 'small but persistant group of posters whining'.

I beg to differ.

It is, by and large, just a few busybodies.

Sorry if you don't like it

No you're not.

but if I see a post similar to the one quoted above by Ladybirds that drags up and old thread and adds absolutely nothing, I will continue to ask that poster what the point is.

And I'll continue to ask what business it is of yours.

Pollycat

Azari
that's fine by me, I have no issue at all with your post.

Do, by all means, continue to ask what business it is of mine. :cool:

I do not have to conform to what you deem acceptable.

Azari

Pollycat wrote: »

I do not have to conform to what you deem acceptable.

Of course you don't.

Did I ever suggest you did?

Outpost

For what it's worth I don't personally consider this to be the cardinal sin that some people seem to class it as.

Newbies in particular (with their shiny new badges protecting them) who are unfamiliar with the workings of the forum posting in an old thread don't really deserve the hostile response they sometimes receive.

I can't see what harm it does to be honest.

Pollycat

Outpost wrote: »

For what it's worth I don't personally consider this to be the cardinal sin that some people seem to class it as.

Newbies in particular (with their shiny new badges protecting them) who are unfamiliar with the workings of the forum posting in an old thread don't really deserve the hostile response they sometimes receive.

I can't see what harm it does to be honest.

It works both ways, Outpost.

I wouldn't really expect a newbie on any forum to drag up a very old thread just to have a go at the OP.

I think we should all maybe view this in context - it's OK on some threads, not so acceptable on others.
This is my opinion, I do not expect or need anybody else to agree with me.

Outpost

Yet another prat who feels it necessary to beat people over the head with big red letters.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=43790942&postcount=159

vuvuzela

I was criticised for politely asking why a fast-food troll dragged a 3.5 year old thread up https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/642925
If they had offered an opinion, fine but to seemingly do so simply to boost their post count looked dodgy. Not to some though