Yes, but when someone who is familiar points out that the etiquette involves not bumping a 14 year old thread, the proper response is generally to appear at least somewhat contrite.
Those who get aggressive about it generally don’t last very long (the person who posted in different colored fonts because the rules didn’t say they couldn’t jumps to mind immediately).
As I mentioned, speaking for me, my response is based on their attitude, not what they did. Heck, I’ve almost accidentally bumped insanely old threads because they came up on Google & I didn’t notice the date until right before I hit “Submit Reply”.
People who react with poor attitudes will generally find all their actions scrutinized to a greater degree than people who don’t. The best analogy that I can come up with off-hand is if two people get pulled over for going 10 miles over the speed limit, but only of them is respectful. The odds are that one of them will get a warning and the other a ticket, despite both doing the exact same thing wrong & disrespect having nothing to do with the action that got them pulled over.
Speaking personally, I find bumping threads (especially past the point where the main members will read them, such as Eve in this case) annoying, but I generally won’t have anything to say on the matter unless (such as in this case) the bumper is a total dick about it. Same annoyance either way, but their attitude, rather than the action itself, determines how I react.
