# Night of the Living Dead Threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-living-dead-threads/52241>\
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**Created:** [January 29, 2001, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-living-dead-threads/52241 "2001-01-29T08:15:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quark\_W.Griswold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Quark\_W.Griswold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quark_W.Griswold)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-living-dead-threads/52241/1 "2001-01-29T08:15:28Z")

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How old is **too old** to pull up an old thread and comment on or add to it? (Assuring one has something pertinent to add, and not just a “mee too” or something ridiculously mundane and pointless?)

Are there different “rules” for different forums?  
(Don’t worry; I’m not planning on any resurrections. Yet, anyway.)

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**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-living-dead-threads/52241/2 "2001-01-29T08:51:31Z")

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There are some people with elaborate rules, but the simplest thing is to say “What Would Cecil Do?” 😃

And since that’s not much help (since he’s more excentric than predictable) go with your gut.  
If you’d want to read the thread again, there’s a good chance somone else would, too. Some people whine whether you raise, repeat, or link to, so take it as a given you’ll get some flak, and just let it roll off. A good boosted thread will stay active and a dead one will resist all efforts to revive it.

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**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-living-dead-threads/52241/3 "2001-01-29T11:11:00Z")

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I asked the same question a bit ago, [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=53670). Duck Duck Goose gave me a really useful answer - I have it etched into my heart!