# This thread was started Feb. 14, 2015! Do Not Zombie! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 15, 2015, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706 "2015-02-15T06:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/21 "2015-02-16T01:10:24Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > I don’t understand the vitriol over zombie threads. Who cares if it’s 10 years old if it’s interesting. Maybe I missed it the first time around. Maybe there’s new info I’d like to contribute because I’ve learned a few things since 10 years ago. Maybe I enjoy reading the posts of some of my favorite old-timers. Serious question…why do you even care? I don’t get it, either. I find the bitching about zombie threads much more annoying. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/22 "2015-02-16T01:24:00Z")
You know what really grinds my gears? When people complain about people complaining about people complaining about people complaining about zombie threads. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/23 "2015-02-16T01:47:51Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > {…} I’m no javascript expert, but i’ll bet you could also then add a few lines to the SDMB Greasemonkey script (for those who have it) that would mark the threads with a start date older than X months, maybe by a different color, or by some sort of icon. Something like [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=598635)? ([DEL][COLOR=“Black”]I think that’s the one I’m using.[/DEL][/COLOR] No, it’s this [one](http://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/review/293100).) CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/24 "2015-02-16T02:23:09Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Something like [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=598635)? ([DEL][COLOR=“Black”]I think that’s the one I’m using.[/DEL][/COLOR] No, it’s this [one](http://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/review/293100).) > > CMC fnord! Excellent! That works perfectly. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/25 "2015-02-16T07:32:13Z")
I take it I’m on ignore for some people, since I always suggest those scripts for people who get upset about zombies. I stick with the one on the front page, even if it is less accurate, since the only information it has is the post number, which only shows the a set of posts were made in, not the specific date. (Consider the last 10 posts . They would be numbered something like 749327 through 749336. With only that information, you’d know what order they were posted in, but not the date. So you just guess how long ago the posts were made based on how many posts were made between them and the rest of the posts.) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/26 "2015-02-16T17:00:45Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > It seems every fucking thread I open is over 3 fucking years old! Isn’t there a way to keep this shit buried, as it should be? **Jesus Christ!** It died a dignified death the first time around. Shouldn’t we let it stay dead? 😕 [bolding mine] You’re calling on the world’s most famous zombie for help ensuring that dead things stay dead? Good luck with that. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/27 "2015-02-16T17:10:23Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > I don’t understand the vitriol over zombie threads. Who cares if it’s 10 years old if it’s interesting. Maybe I missed it the first time around. Maybe there’s new info I’d like to contribute because I’ve learned a few things since 10 years ago. Maybe I enjoy reading the posts of some of my favorite old-timers. Serious question…why do you even care? There are two separate arguments going on here. 1. Zombie threads are universally boring, spam-traps, deceptive, irritating and should be locked after X months to prevent their rising. 2. Despite much of (1) being true, many threads are periodically revived or added to with posts of great value and the persistence of such discussions and their ready continuation is an asset. 3. They are, however, occasionally deceptive and it would be useful and confusion-reducing to be alerted that the question about \_\_\_\_\_\_ originated far before the present. 1 is wrong. Period. I believe 2 is valid. I further believe 3 would be an improvement all around. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/28 "2015-02-16T17:21:27Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > [bolding mine] > > You’re calling on the world’s most famous zombie for help ensuring that dead things stay dead? Good luck with that. OP’s talking about three years, not three days. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/29 "2015-02-16T17:21:53Z")
I don’t much care about zombies. Sometimes it’s a bit annoying when I read a couple of pages of posts, and then I realize it’s a thread from eight years ago, but that’s my fault for not taking a quick second to check the date of the OP. Even if there were a thread-marking script alerting the user that it was an older thread, wouldn’t that just work with the web interface? I principally use Tapatalk to view the forum, and it seems to me that for thread-marking to be useful to me it would need to be done through Tapatalk. But I don’t know how many use Tapatalk (or other forum readers) vs. the web client (I’m sure there’s a zombie thread out there that would tell me), so I may be in the minority. All in all, dealing with zombies seems like a minor annoyance. I would prefer that they were left open. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/30 "2015-02-16T17:33:25Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > OP’s talking about three years, not three days. Touché. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/31 "2015-02-16T21:08:18Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > . . . \*\* Do Not Zombie! \*\* . . . You’ll be sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/32 "2015-02-17T02:18:58Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > You know who else came back from the dead? Every superhero? And I add my weight to those asking for a thread start date column. Wait. We’re not in ATMB? How is this happening? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/33 "2015-02-17T12:15:13Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > OP’s talking about three years, not three days. But [Scripture is quite clear](http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-8.htm): one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as one day, to the Lord. So three days v. three years? Small potatoes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/34 "2015-02-17T12:16:57Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Every superhero? And Gandalf from LOTR. > [@](#): > > Wait. We’re not in ATMB? How is this happening? Don’t you just _hate_ it when you’re in the middle of a good Pit thread, and a _discussion_ breaks out? What do people think this forum is _for,_ anyway? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/35 "2015-02-17T14:29:42Z")
I like zombie threads. They let me see how my views have changed because I often find posts I made that I have no memory of (sometimes on issues I have no memory of… I’ve posted rather a lot here.) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/36 "2015-02-17T19:44:17Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > Also, the vast majority of discussions don’t actually require the ongoing participation of the OP or other early posters to remain valid or interesting–if they ever were. Closing a zombie and then suggesting the reviver start a new thread on the same subject, as is often done, serves only to insure that points already made are lost or needlessly repeated. I agree. It really depends on the topic, the Op and if there’s argle-bargle. Many zombies are just fine, and in fact i find the posts which complain about "_it’s a zombie!!!"_ to be the real problem. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/37 "2015-02-17T20:18:58Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > You’ll be sorry. I’m already sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/38 "2015-02-17T20:38:14Z")
When was this thread started again? ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/39 "2015-02-17T20:44:29Z")
If we try to make sure it gets at least one post every day or two it will never die, and can never be a zombie. Or maybe it will always be a zombie. I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706/40 "2015-02-18T03:55:16Z")
7 hours since the last post. Is this a zombie yet? Need answer fast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-was-started-feb-14-2015-do-not-zombie/712706.md?page=3)