Originally Posted by
NJgreyhead
When someone takes the time to research a topic and revives an old thread with a new, on-point post, that's a plus. It gives their post context, and some of us may not have read the prior comments in the thread but now have an interest in the topic.
I agree. I mostly use the forum when I encounter a specific issue and prefer not to have to read through multiple threads on the same topic, because the multiple threads are mostly noise rather than signal (e.g., reintroducing the issue at hand, then a bunch of replies making the low hanging fruit joke, then eventually Andrew Stewart saying something useful). OTOH when one reawakens a dead thread, there are often a number of replies from people who only read the original post and feel like they immediately have to make their thoughts known. So IDK, maybe there is an interface solution here to keep the best of both worlds?