How old does a thread have to be before it can become a zombie? That is, I guess, how long with no responses, before bumping it can be described as reviving a zombie?
I see a fair number of zombies, so I got curious.
I’m putting this in IMHO because I don’t think there are any official rules addressing the question. But mods, if you think it’s more appropriate for ATMB, go ahead and move it.
2 months
On the index page, I saw this thread title as:
When does a thread become a…
Slow Moving Vehicle
I thought it might be referring to this thread.
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Is that just your (perfectly valid) opinion, or is that the unwritten board consensus?
I’d say if there’s no posts for a minimum of three months. Before that time, it’s just an old thread. being revived, not a dead one being zombified.
I’d say give at least 1 year before introducing brains to the diet.
Yeah, if it’s been a year or more, it’s absolutely a zombie, IMO.
I would say this cries out for a poll.
Usually I would say 3 months but I don’t make the semi-hated-required-jokes until its a year in the grave.
It’s not purely age, but the nature of the revival as well. Original OP bumping a year old thread with new information? Not a zombie. Brand new poster bumping a three month old thread with nonsensical false information? Zombie.
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Or spam.
And there’s no official unofficial rule, to my knowledge. But I agree that it can be context-specific if we’re under a year.