# Does this thread hold the zombie resurrection record? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 11, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356 "2017-08-11T19:09:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356/1 "2017-08-11T19:09:06Z")
I’m talking about the [ear cartilage pain](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=274391) thread. It seems to be bumped fairly often by new posters who come across it in a Google search and sign up to post, since it is apparently one of the few references on the web to this phenomenon. By my conservative count, the thread has been resurrected at least 14 times. (See list below.) I only counted the bump as a resurrection if there were around 3 months or more between posts. If I included each time a new person signed up to post in the thread, sometimes only a few weeks after the last post, the count would be even higher. Funnily, the thread was dormant for nearly 6 years but since the first bump it has been revived fairly regularly. Perhaps we are in the midst of an ear cartilage pain epidemic. **Started** : September 2004 **Bumps** :[ol] [li]June 2010[/li][li]December 2010[/li][li]September 2011[/li][li]February 2012[/li][li]May 2012[/li][li]August 2013[/li][li]December 2013[/li][li]February 2014[/li][li]May 2014[/li][li]May 2015[/li][li]January 2016[/li][li]April 2016[/li][li]September 2016[/li][li]April 2017[/li][/ol] Are there any other threads out there that are similarly prone to revivification? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356/2 "2017-08-11T19:17:34Z")
[How to protect and clean your computer from malware](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=538187) Probably unfair as it’s a freakin’ spam magnet. As I understand it, the spam posts are still there but removed from view. Mods can still see them. So if any mod has some free time to go through and count them…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356/3 "2017-08-11T19:38:42Z")
I don’t think that counts, because it’s a sticky. You can’t zombify something that’s never left the front page. There are also some memorial threads that get deliberately bumped every year on some anniversary, but those might not count, either. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356/4 "2017-08-11T21:01:30Z")
Wasn’t there an alternate ending to… ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356/5 "2017-08-11T22:46:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [How to protect and clean your computer from malware](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=538187) > > Probably unfair as it’s a freakin’ spam magnet. > > As I understand it, the spam posts are still there but removed from view. Mods can still see them. > So if any mod has some free time to go through and count them…😃 I went back as far as 2016. These are the dates of the deleted spam posts in that thread. I don’t have the time (or desire) to go earlier, but this should give you an idea of how often that thread is spammed. 08-05-2017 08-02-2017 07-08-2017 06-30-2017 06-23-2017 05-15-2017 04-26-2017 03-03-2017 02-13-2017 01-19-2017 11-10-2016 10-22-2016 09-29-2016 08-30-2016 08-17-2016 07-30-2016 06-11-2016 06-08-2016 05-25-2016 05-24-2016 05-08-2016 01-14-2016 01-07-2016 Most threads that become spam magnets are closed. This thread is left open because it’s a sticky and while outdated, it is still a relevant thread. I’ve actually started working on a replacement for that thread (quite some time ago) but haven’t had time to finish it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356/6 "2017-08-12T01:31:32Z")
Hmm… Most likely, it gets targeted by spammers because it’s the first non-locked thread they see on top of the page (because it’s a sticky). What if we started another sticky thread called “Don’t post here-- Spam trap”, and then just banned anyone we saw posting there? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356/7 "2017-08-12T01:41:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Hmm… Most likely, it gets targeted by spammers because it’s the first non-locked thread they see on top of the page (because it’s a sticky). What if we started another sticky thread called “Don’t post here-- Spam trap”, and then just banned anyone we saw posting there? Almost all the spammers I reported in that thread were purveyors of fine software. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356/8 "2017-08-12T01:43:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Hmm… Most likely, it gets targeted by spammers because it’s the first non-locked thread they see on top of the page (because it’s a sticky). What if we started another sticky thread called “Don’t post here-- Spam trap”, and then just banned anyone we saw posting there? Post In this thread for Insta ban! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356/9 "2017-08-12T18:44:19Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Are there any other threads out there that are similarly prone to revivification? The one about [youths swimming nekkid back when](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=395612) keeps getting revived: > [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1012024/148): > > This thread began in November 2006, more than 10 years before this post. Here are the times it was resurrected: > > July 2009 > April 2010 > September 2010 > November 2010 > April 2011 > November 2011 > August 2012 > May 2015 > October 2015 > January 2016 > February 2016 > July 2016 > January 2017 > > So going by my arbitrary definition of at least one month between posts, this thread has been revived a total of **14 times**. What I find particularly interesting is that it is only 3 pages long ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356/10 "2017-08-12T23:47:17Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I’ve actually started working on a replacement for that thread (quite some time ago) but haven’t had time to finish it. Sounds like an engineer’s stock excuse. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356/11 "2017-08-13T00:36:56Z")
who cares about zombies? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356/12 "2017-08-13T01:06:17Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Sounds like an engineer’s stock excuse. 😃 At work we always blame the last person who quit or was fired. They are the “escaped goat”. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-thread-hold-the-zombie-resurrection-record/793356/13 "2017-08-14T14:05:37Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > who cares about zombies? The Romero family? What? Too soon? > [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > At work we always blame the last person who quit or was fired. They are the “escaped goat”. I’m going to have to borrow that one!