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Old 07-14-19, 10:59 AM
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BTW,Today on this thread I posted:
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
Thanks for your reply @CliffordK
Originally Posted by Rollfast
I can't necessarily make heads or tails of all your nested comments
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
I did not receive a reply from @CliffordK to acknowledge or dispute my post and that’s fine with me
While re-reading it I realized that I had indeed received a cordial reply from @CliffordK:
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
Thanks for your reply @CliffordK. Since I had been participating on this thread, I was at least amused to encounter that old thread on a recurrent topic resurrected after so many years…
Originally Posted by CliffordK
I haven't been on the forum for a decade yet, but it is still interesting when I see a quote of something I wrote 5 years ago or so.

And, on occasion, users will dig up something very specific to what I've written in the past. For example a few weeks ago there was someone commenting about Tannus tires which I've used, and posted about a few years ago.

Resurrecting the dead thread is a method to get people who were interested in the topic earlier, back on line.

As far as recognizing zombie threads, it is easy enough. If a thread pops up that I don't remember with 5 pages of comments and a few users that I don't recognize, then I'll simply check the post dates, then jump to the end to check out the new content.

Thread start dates wouldn't hurt. Color code it if one wishes (green for < 1 year, red for > 1 year) although it may be more complex to determine active old threads vs inactive ones. "Are you Looking" or "Wacky" threads?

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