Replying to Old Threads

[fishstick]

Every lil piece helps!!

 

[ticndig]

This feature isn't happening anymore for some reason

Oh I can give you plenty of older folks doing this also.....then again it might be that darned old peoples disease (no i'm not slighting old folks here

I agree , it should have been worded many are new member , I see a few long time members doing it too.
I've joined in when the threads revived and a few post are added and I fail to see the revival date.

 

[pepperj]

I agree , it should have been worded many are new member , I see a few long time members doing it too.
I've joined in when the threads revived and a few post are added and I fail to see the revival date.

Oh I have too-then the grey matter kicks in and I realize that I've seen this find before-then I check the date and delete my reply, or point out that the thread is a decade old.

 

[releventchair]

Mehh.
What's a decade or two to an old relic?
Wait ,who you callin old?

Old posts/threads get brought up multiple ways. Being able to see them is a start.
A note reminding a user one is quite dated is either a heads up confirmation or insult depending on the reader.
Heck , having posted on oldies elsewhere before and reawakening them without noting the date after someone else posted on it without noting the date , a note wouldn't bother me.
Bumping an oldie deliberately as mentioned prior is fine by me too when adding a detail to it.
And I don't lose sleep if someone bumps an oldie just because it was found interesting to them yet the previous poster(s) likely won't know. Or respond.

 

[Timbermaster]

There is much value in old posts. I for one enjoy going down the rabbit-hole on many of them. Like all posts, move on if it doesn’t interest you.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

It is just a feature of the software, not something TreasureNet set up. Not sure of parameters to trigger it, but many times we will see people replying to threads 15 years old and they don't realize thread is that old.

 

[Silver Saver]

My intelligence definitely needs some help at times! Don't always notice right away how old a thread is when it's brought back up by a recent reply.

Also, just to add...that man Red Coat sure is a wealth of information!

 

[KSDirtfisher77]

I wasnt sure where to post this, but on the bottom of the page is Like, Gift, Quote, & Reply. What is Gift? & how long has it been there? Thanks.

 

[hollARDog]

I wasnt sure where to post this, but on the bottom of the page is Like, Gift, Quote, & Reply. What is Gift? & how long has it been there? Thanks.

I can gift you or anyone some charter member time

 

[ticndig]

I wasnt sure where to post this, but on the bottom of the page is Like, Gift, Quote, & Reply. What is Gift? & how long has it been there? Thanks.

just click on it , easy to understand , it's a membership go fund me kinda deal .

 

[hollARDog]

just click on it , easy to understand , it's a membership go fund me kinda deal .

That's what I did, I'm a bottom pusher 😁

 

[hollARDog]

I wasnt sure where to post this, but on the bottom of the page is Like, Gift, Quote, & Reply. What is Gift? & how long has it been there? Thanks.

Just seen this........

Is this a new forum upgrade?

Now today there is another feature "GIFT" So now we have a gift icon kind of looks like this Kind of sounds like they're begging for more $$$ at the headquarters on the backs of the membership. Personally I see this on other sites that are going to an almost pay for use. Could this be a...

www.treasurenet.com

 

[KSDirtfisher77]

Just seen this........

Is this a new forum upgrade?

Now today there is another feature "GIFT" So now we have a gift icon kind of looks like this Kind of sounds like they're begging for more $$$ at the headquarters on the backs of the membership. Personally I see this on other sites that are going to an almost pay for use. Could this be a...

www.treasurenet.com

Thanks appreciate it!

 

[piegrande]

First, let me say I believe in the Golden Rule. Whoever owns the Gold Rules.

So, if I don't like the rules on a board, I can go elsewhere. Okay?

Having said that any board I have run or served as a moderator. I do not discourage postings on old threads. If the person took time to read an old posting and wants to post on it, that is great.

Once, over ten years ago, I was using, very successfully, I might add, the Atkins Diet, and still am. I found a board on the Diet, and there was an old thread which gave some erroneous and dangerous advice. I added a note explaining why. The moderator threw a major tantrum. Beam me up, Scotty!

My view, then and now, is if it is that offensive to post on an old thread, set up an auto delete. That is my opinion, subject of course to the Golden Rule as described at the start of this posting. Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to read an interesting posting and have something to say, but can't, because it was an old posting. Grrr!

I certainly like the very mature approach implemented on this board. Make sure they know it is old, but give them the freedom to make an adult decision if they have a strong desire to add something. Showing once again the superior intelligence of the owners. Good job!

 

[Charl]

I think when someone replies to older threads, initially, they are well aware that they are doing so.

I’ve seen just the opposite, for the most part, people not noticing the date on the thread, someone replies, thread starts up again, and someone points out the thread is years old. Very easy not to check the dates.

 

[piegrande]

Good thread. Various opinion across the spectrum, and the readers can decide which of them make more sense. That is what freedom of speech was all about.

Good thoughts may differ, but never expire.

The example I gave, a true example, involved some dangerous advice, I don't care if the posting was 40 years old, it could still harm people. When the moderator cussed me out, I realized I did not belong on a board which would leave dangerous advice because of its date of creation.

Groups set up their own standards and often their own language. In 1966 I started working in a very high tech factory. We were just starting on transistors. The technicians called transistors, "rocks" because they had silicon and germanium in them.

 

[oldkoot]

I think when someone replies to older threads, initially, they are well aware that they are doing so.

Not always I have replied to a few and then realized the thread was a year old and had no replies for months until I replied with out checking how old the thread was LOL

 

[ARC]

Old threads need lovin' too.