# How on earth do Zombie Threads get reopened?

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**Created:** [September 25, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-on-earth-do-zombie-threads-get-reopened/465238 "2008-09-25T22:43:42Z")\
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We’ve relaxed our stance somewhat on “zombie” threads – we used to close them all whenever we saw one. But with all the returning posters we’ve been more tolerant and tend to deal with this more on a case by case basis.

You can always open a new thread and link to the old one – we prefer that, really – but in some cases it makes more sense to return to the old one. It depends.

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