This Day in History Thread has become personal

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I regret doing this but I've noticed within the past couple of weeks, certain people have posted personal things which they think is funny in the Today in History Thread. This was not my intention when I started this in 2019, I did so because I love history. At the moment I'm really po'd,please stop doing this because this thread is being wrecked thanks Sue aka MQ
 

I wrote a brilliant :) thread about something. It got a lot of play, and eventually petered out. Much later, it kept popping up. After a while, I wondered what could they possibly be adding to this thread. Well, turns out, it had nothing to do with my brilliant thread, they were exchanging Thanksgiving stuffing recipes. That taught me some things. The thread belongs to those who read it and post. The purpose of this group is to foster communication between us seniors. And if you follow any thread, sooner or later, it's going to go off the rails into no man's land.
 

Threads should have a limited number of posts or some other way to close automatically. No thread should go past a year.
I hate reading a recent post to a thread put out there years ago.

Just make a new thread. That way we know that it's fresh and the person who opened it still cares. It also serves to get the topic back on track.
 
OldFeller said:
Threads should have a limited number of posts or some other way to close automatically. No thread should go past a year.
I hate reading a recent post to a thread put out there years ago.

Just make a new thread. That way we know that it's fresh and the person who opened it still cares. It also serves to get the topic back on track.
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Posting to old forum threads is called necro-posting, and is subject to ridecule on some forums. Some forum software will advise and warn a person that's just reading an older thread. I personally have no qualms about 'bumping' an old thread, if there's still some plausible relevance left to add.
 
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Nathan said:
Posting to old forum threads is called necro-posting, and is subject to ridecule on some forums. Some forum software will advice and warn a person that's just reading an older thread. I personally have no qualms about 'bumping' an old thread, if there's still some plausible relevance left to add.
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I agree, certain threads are relevant today and there's nothing wrong with continuing them in present time.
 
Nathan said:
Posting to old forum threads is called necro-posting, and is subject to ridecule on some forums. Some forum software will advice and warn a person that's just reading an older thread. I personally have no qualms about 'bumping' an old thread, if there's still some plausible relevance left to add.
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I started a thread on another forum I belong to and it got over 250 replies....200 of which were completely unrelated to the original topic. This happened within one week LOL
 
I do have a few qualms... mostly because it seems all the "old junk" that is brought to life again contains things I really wish I hadn't said. o_O Either that or with glaring typos that it was too late to edit. 🤭
 
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Nathan said:
Posting to old forum threads is called necro-posting, and is subject to ridecule on some forums. Some forum software will advise and warn a person that's just reading an older thread. I personally have no qualms about 'bumping' an old thread, if there's still some plausible relevance left to add.
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I consider them classic threads. If wasn't classic it would have petered out years ago.
 
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Nathan said:
"Off topic" posts can be interesting, but at the same time a bit frustrating for the OP, particularly if the topic is meaningful or serious.
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This is why I've never started a thread. Always felt if you were the OP it was your job to monitor the thread and I'm usually so busy that would be a real challenge...also I'd probably hack some off that did hijack said thread. So...just read other's threads and try to keep coloring within their lines...lol.
 

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