# Why are people so gung ho about not posting on old threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 6, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-gung-ho-about-not-posting-on-old-threads/652139 "2013-03-06T00:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 34
**Author:** ![Shiggity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Shiggity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiggity)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-gung-ho-about-not-posting-on-old-threads/652139/34 "2013-03-07T01:52:27Z")
I think **Colibri** ’s take is a valid one, leaving the thread open in case someone might usefully contribute. Ideally no one would necropost shlock or such shlock would get removed, but whether a zombie adds usefulness is sometimes subjective and can often result in an irritating barrage of comments coming after it that only point OUT the age of the thread. Perhaps a good set of rules to follow for all forums should be: 1.) Don’t post on old threads unless you really have something useful to contribute, and a mod deletes those comments that aren’t useful 2.) Don’t comment on how old a thread is that was resurrected, because it accomplishes nothing, and a mod deletes those comments, because they aren’t useful 3.) Never lock a thread. Just my take on it. While I’m dreaming, I’d also like a trip to Bermuda. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-gung-ho-about-not-posting-on-old-threads/652139)._