Bumping Old Threads

[flip]

There is a weird trend on CP I don't understand.

Any time someone bumps a thread that is more than about a week old they seem to get crap from all the other posters.

Yet if someone starts a new thread they get attacked for creating a thread when a million other ones exist just like it.

How do the mods feel about this?

Obviously bumping a 2 year old thread to say "you were wrong" is moronic but I don't see any problem with bumping a thread that is older to continue debate. Especially for users who weren't around 2 years ago and didn't join in on the original thread.

[Sylvanfan]

It depends on why the thread was bumped, how many other threads like that are active. For the most part any thread that hasn't had a new post for about a month and some new news, or information comes out that related to that thread there should be a new thread started, and the old thread should be referenced with link in the new thread.

For the fire on ice forum, it's better to keep things a bit more current and reference the old thread. When you have the number of threads that forum gets, it can be a mess if every month old thread kept getting bumped all the time. Even if it is on topic and something new comes out 6-7 weeks later, it's better to start a new discussion and reference the old one.

[HOOT]

People who bump old threads to say I told you so should be auto banned for 30 days!

Personally I would rather see the old thread bumped if the person is actually going to add something to the topic and not just some lame one liner to say I told you so or whatever. Sometimes you miss a thread and when it gets bumped with new info I like to go back and get caught up on the background of it for the most part.