[MMM]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised by some of the reactions.

This is not a new rule, and I did not confer with other mods before posting.

I won't repeat what I wrote in my first post, although it seems some people may not have thoroughly read it.

If we agree that pointless threads are useless, why wouldn't we agree to the same on pointless posts?

"Because they may revive a dead thread and the NEXT person might write something interesting."

To me that logic seems backwards. If we imagine the front page posts are the most "alive" and the back page posts are the most "dead", when someone necroposts they revive a dead thread, but it also means the active threads get pushed down.

One newer user recently (who I PMed about it) posted a half dozen "OMG" posts on threads well buried in the back in as many minutes. So six active threads were knocked off the front page.

Another user started answering "Be my friends ads", which is fine, but to some users who had only posted once months, and in a couple cases over a year ago. Sorry, but she's not going to be your friend, and you end up looking silly.

Never would I say don't post if you have something of value to contribute, but in my opinion, if you are going to bring a thread back from the dead you should have a pretty good reason.