# Old threads?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads/179433>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 3, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads/179433 "2003-06-03T19:14:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads/179433/1 "2003-06-03T19:14:23Z")

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I’m rather easily distracted, and tend to forget to check back to threads I’ve posted to, for responding to people’s responses to my post. After awhile, sometimes I eventually remember, and cuss at myself for not posting back sooner, since now the thread has been dead for x amount of time, and I’d feel silly dragging it out again. I’m the sort of person who hates leaving things hanging… but I don’t want to be rude. I also wasn’t sure if this should be in MSPIMS (because I’m sharing an experience) or GQ, (because I’m also sort of asking a question). But I thought if I put it here I’d be relatively safe. 😉  
Any opinions on such? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads/179433/2 "2003-06-03T19:51:59Z")

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Just tried to respond, but I think it didn’t go through, so sorry if this double-posts:  
Bumping old threads is usually frowned upon; if you want to post an update on an old thread, you might consider starting a new one and provide a link to the old thread in the OP.

There was a Pit thread about this a few months back, I’ll see if I can track it down.

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**Author:** ![angelabaca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@angelabaca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelabaca)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads/179433/3 "2003-06-03T20:03:12Z")

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Why is it frwoned upon?

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**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads/179433/4 "2003-06-03T20:06:47Z")

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Well,[here’s one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=174442&highlight=bump+old), but I’m not sure it was the thread I was looking for… Anyhow, it gets the point across.

Enjoy the scattered red search words. I think they look nice.

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**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads/179433/5 "2003-06-03T20:08:01Z")

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What is considered an “old” thread?

How old is old?

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**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads/179433/6 "2003-06-03T21:00:00Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by earthpuppy \*  
> \*\*What is considered an “old” thread?
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> How old is old? \*\*

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> A general guideline for “old” would be a thread older than three months.

From [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=106617).