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Originally Posted by noodle
...I see the front page, if the thread interests me, then I reply! The same thing will happen if a thread is revived! It will be seen by people, if anyone has an opinion, they will reply, if noone has an opinion, it will die again. At most, it will take up the front page for a couple of hours.  Where is the harm in that? |
When I visit a Forum, I do the same thing. I have revived a dead post before, inputting my view point on the matter (especially if it is a different view from what was already posted) and that did indeed revive the thread, as if it never stopped. The topic itself is what "lives" on, despite the original date of the first post.
There have been times when I've started a thread that recieved a handful of replies, but then went silent... and honestly, I hoped inside that at some time, other Forum members (especially newly-registered ones) would run by my old "dead" thread and add their thoughts... even if I started the thread weeks/months ago because of the importance of the topic.