# Necromancers **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 25, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836 "2011-06-25T18:42:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/41 "2011-06-26T02:45:18Z")
The problem is google and the poor search function on the boards. These threads are being resurrected because it is much easier and effective to search this site with google rather than the board search. The board search is excruciating. It takes a long time and your can’t really refine your search because you can do only one search every 2 minutes. However google does not arrange results by last post. So you get a lot of old threads coming up in searches. Unless there is auto locking of old threads I think we are stuck with zombie onslaught. Personally, I find the zombie onslaught not so bad. If they become more frequent then I might change my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/42 "2011-06-26T03:43:49Z")
_As grey traces of dawn tinge the eastern sky, the three Dopers, men of Cecil-Dale emerge from the ignorant shadow…_ (Where’s my fucking snow-dog?) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/43 "2011-06-26T04:20:20Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Go now, and in repentance, make a sacrifice to the jackal-headed god, Anewbies. Why haven’t you started running yet? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/44 "2011-06-26T04:55:18Z")
> [@Hero\_From\_Sector\_7G](#): > > There is no doubt in my mind - I am going to bump this thread monthly until the day I die. If you do that, you’re keeping it alive. The OP specified dead threads: threads that haven’t been posted to or viewed for five years or more. Bumping a thread every month makes it that thread that gets bumped every month. What’s irritating is when a thread title is completely unfamiliar, you think it’s a new topic, and then you see **handy** ’s name on a post and :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/45 "2011-06-26T05:08:21Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > It’s not A poster. It’s a bunch. It’s just annoying. When was this allowed? I’ve seen a few necro threads lately and while I have not made it a point to document each case my sense was they were revived by new members. My guess is someone was Googling on some topic of interest to them and they came across an old thread here. Either they did not pay attention to the date or they did not know a necro thread is frowned upon but felt they wanted to comment on it. In the end I give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe politely point out it is a very old thread and welcome them to the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/46 "2011-06-26T07:45:21Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I’ve seen a few necro threads lately and while I have not made it a point to document each case my sense was they were revived by new members. My guess is someone was Googling on some topic of interest to them and they came across an old thread here. Either they did not pay attention to the date or they did not know a necro thread is frowned upon but felt they wanted to comment on it. > > In the end I give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe politely point out it is a very old thread and welcome them to the SDMB. Good points. You’re really nice. 🙂 Sometimes, I wish I didn’t let things bother me so much. Now, I know how I’ll die. My heart will just explode one day. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/47 "2011-06-26T23:46:24Z")
I was sort of hoping this was a four-year-old thread that had recently been reopened after being dead for 3.9 years, for the ironic value. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/48 "2011-06-26T23:48:49Z")
I’ve gotta weigh up the pros: discovering old, fascinating threads (hopefully) helping new and interesting posters to come aboard with the cons: thinking an old poster has come back to the board, or back to life inadvertantly giving a time-consuming reply to a years old query It’s a toughie. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/49 "2011-06-27T00:21:45Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > I’ll probably be in dead in two years. Or not a member here anyway. So, I hope it’s not just to annoy me. 🙂 Then you would be the perfect one to do it - you could be a zombie reviving a zombie thread about zombie threads! ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/50 "2011-06-27T06:05:02Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Exactly the opposite. They used to close them. I gave the reason for the change to allow them in my earlier post-- the ability to revive an old thread attracts new members. Honestly, though, most of the people reviving zombies aren’t contributing much to the dope. So, we could do without those members. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/51 "2011-06-27T06:07:58Z")
> [@gazpacho](#): > > The problem is google and the poor search function on the boards. These threads are being resurrected because it is much easier and effective to search this site with google rather than the board search. The board search is excruciating. It takes a long time and your can’t really refine your search because you can do only one search every 2 minutes. However google does not arrange results by last post. So you get a lot of old threads coming up in searches. Unless there is auto locking of old threads I think we are stuck with zombie onslaught. > > Personally, I find the zombie onslaught not so bad. If they become more frequent then I might change my mind. The thing that annoys me is why are some threads being brought back. Like one was brought back about choosing a dress to attend a wedding. Seriously! WTF?! A lot of threads that are being brought back are very inane. Like one was brought about Welsh prejudice. It’s annoying to click on a thread and see a ton of replies from the same day and either reply or click the beginning and see it was rom 2003. So, I think threads and polls should be locked once there’s no new reply in say I dunno a year. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/52 "2011-06-27T06:10:12Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Then you would be the perfect one to do it - you could be a zombie reviving a zombie thread about zombie threads! I guess I’ll have to avoid vampires and werewolves. ---
**Author:** ![humanafterall](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/humanafterall/32/19654_2.png) [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/53 "2011-06-27T06:16:30Z")
**YaraMateo** ’s a zombie?-aims shotgun- then he best be disposed of. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/54 "2011-06-27T07:11:33Z")
> [@humanafterall](#): > > **YaraMateo** ’s a zombie?-aims shotgun- then he best be disposed of. I’m a she. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/55 "2011-06-27T12:30:53Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m a she. Can zombies really have a true gender? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/56 "2011-06-27T12:46:51Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > Honestly, though, most of the people reviving zombies aren’t contributing much to the dope. So, we could do without those members. Don’t you feel a little, I don’t know, uncomfortable, joining a board and only a couple months later judging people on what they contribute and whether the board’s rules about zombies and such are to your liking? ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/57 "2011-06-27T14:33:00Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Don’t you feel a little, I don’t know, uncomfortable, joining a board and only a couple months later judging people on what they contribute and whether the board’s rules about zombies and such are to your liking? A quick search of the OPs record since her join time suggests that no, she doesn’t feel badly. At all. But I imagine she was an irritating person long before she joined the boards. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/58 "2011-06-27T16:56:19Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > Honestly, though, most of the people reviving zombies aren’t contributing much to the dope. So, we could do without those members. One can make the argument that some people who have been posting here for 10 years are in the same boat. And, as someone else said, you are a strange one to bring this up. Seriously, though, it’s going to happen on any board that doesn’t lock old threads. And it isn’t a new “problem”. I can remember people doing this from as far back as 1998 (when I first entered the “wonderful” world of the Internets). ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/59 "2011-06-27T18:39:09Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > Honestly, though, most of the people reviving zombies aren’t contributing much to the dope. So, we could do without those members. Honestly, though, people who start threads about stupid and silly shit like complaining about zombie threads aren’t contributing much to the dope. So, we could do without those members. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necromancers/586836/60 "2011-06-27T19:38:46Z")
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