# Old threads popping up
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads-popping-up/23025
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [June 20, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads-popping-up/23025 "2000-06-20T19:25:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads-popping-up/23025/1 "2000-06-20T19:25:44Z")
Usually when old threads are dredged up, it’s because someone has posted to them, but there has recently been a glut of them showing up with the last post reading several months ago. Am I imagining things?
---
### Author:  [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads-popping-up/23025/2 "2000-06-20T19:33:04Z")
There was a troll involved, but it looks like they have deleted the offending posts.
---
### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads-popping-up/23025/3 "2000-06-20T22:50:06Z")
Correct. It’s another form of harassment aimed at long time SDMB members.
your humble TubaDiva
Administrator
---
### Author:  [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads-popping-up/23025/4 "2000-06-21T19:02:57Z")
The amount of effort that goes into trollism is not to be believed, lol.