It's a bit of a tautology, but if a thread has come back to life, it's not dead
BEAUSABREIt's a bit of a tautology, but if a thread has come back to life, it's not dead
The bigger question - Why do threads die?
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BaltACD BEAUSABRE It's a bit of a tautology, but if a thread has come back to life, it's not dead The bigger question - Why do threads die?
BEAUSABRE It's a bit of a tautology, but if a thread has come back to life, it's not dead
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I am one of the guilty ones, since I revived a thread about the Baldwin and Lima Center -Cab transfer units. It does seem like an interesting chapter in early diesel development.
BaltACDThe bigger question - Why do threads die?
Well, eventually they DO get to the point of "What more is there to be said?"
I think it is kind of fun when one comes zipping out of the past though, like the thread on the NYW&B, and finds a new life.
I have no problem with old threads coming back. It might be something interesting that I missed the first time around.
Still in training.
I'm with Flintlock - eventually there just isn't anything else to discuss on the topic.
Once you get past the predecessor roads, what is there to discuss about the color of Conrail locos, f'rinstance?
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I like to revive old threads for two reasons.
One is when I discover a thread of interest only way after the fact. I might discover a thread that's ten year old on a subject that I find interesting and then ask if anyone has any new information on it.
The other reason I will revive an old thread is when *I* find some new information that I think someone else might or might not want to see.
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Fred M Cainsomeone else might or might not want to see.
I suspect that is really the heart of many of the objections. Certain someones believing they had the last word, and hoped their prior contribution was an epitaph....
Convicted One Fred M Cain someone else might or might not want to see. I suspect that is really the heart of many of the objections. Certain someones believing they had the last word, and hoped their prior contribution was an epitaph....
Fred M Cain someone else might or might not want to see.
Ahhhh? So you're saying that back in the day, there was a "competition" of sorts, members wanting to keep "their" thread on the front page, and reviving old threads was crowding their pet threads out of the limelight? Yeah, I can see where that would be a possible hot spot.
I participate in a sports related forum where an opposite dynamic seems to rule the day. There thay have this obsession with "master threads" where they want various topics concentrated.
Such as one thread where all off season topics are supposed to go, one thread for all trades, one thread for all discussion about the sport concerning any team other than the home team...stuff like that. And one thread each day devoted that that particular game...a "game day" thread...
And let some poor new guy join and start a generic "good time" thread, everyone jumps all over him for non-adherence.
And I was really dumbfounded, asking "man, the discussion forum format is dying all over the internet, and yet you want to beat up this poor guy just for making a contribution?
And they did. Seems that many of the "old guard" at that forum participate mostly with smart phones, and their emphasis is in minimizing "thumb scroll"... i guess that having to scroll past "unimportant" threads was too much work for some of them?
Perhaps for certain individuals there is some vicarious thrill in forcing EVERYONE to use THEIR internet, THEIR way?
Convicted OneAhhhh? So you're saying that back in the day, there was a "competition" of sorts, members wanting to keep "their" thread on the front page, and reviving old threads was crowding their pet threads out of the limelight? Yeah, I can see where that would be a possible hot spot.
Who says a thread is dead, unless the moderator locks it. Otherwise it is in a state of suspended animation.
In a perfect example, I just brought back a 15 year old thread that came up when I "Googled" my old CB radio call sign. Who knew such a search would brng up a thread on the Trains forum?
A lot has changed in that world in 15 years, including the fact that I am now an amateur radio operator - something that was not a factor at the time.
They spontaneously come back to life sometimes because of lurkers....
Same me, different spelling!
pennytrainsThey spontaneously come back to life sometimes because of lurkers....
Well, there is an election coming up.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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Some lurkers have
missed a lot over the last 10 years. sigh
Ya know, I just may go looking for a long dead thread to resurrect just for the sheer fun of it!
"Long Dead Thread." Sounds like a good name for a rock band, don't ya think?
nanaimo73Some lurkers have missed a lot over the last 10 years. sigh
GOOD LORD!! Welcome back!!! What have ya been up to, stranger? And I do mean STRANGEr
Flintlock76 Ya know, I just may go looking for a long dead thread to resurrect just for the sheer fun of it! "Long Dead Thread." Sounds like a good name for a rock band, don't ya think?
I have struck! Check "Steam and Preservation!"
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