Thanks for bringing this up. I rarely check the dates but have had to start doing it. After I posted to a very old post yesterday, I felt like a dummy!

Isn't that just like an alcoholic, dredging up the old resolved stuff just one more time?

there is no RIGHT or WRONG, we are not in CHARGE, maybe an old post was able to help someone?

PLEASE (asking not telling) stop resurrection old treads.
PLEASE (asking not telling) everyone, check the dates of the threads you are commenting on. There is NO RULE (no right or wrong) that says you cant reply to an old post but I have seen some the last couple of days that go back 2 years. I know some NEW people may be a little unsure but if you look each post it has a date.

Got a little control issue there, eh Joe?

Not really, just for clarification.

No-Offence I'm probly guilty of that but I do choose threads from within 5 pages of today it's sometimes relevant ~ sometimes not apparently-lolol-kool I'll chek dates-

If you're new here, you may not get the whole "posting a reply brings a topic to the top" thing either.

I read through TONS of old posts when I first discovered this site! I didn't reply to them, because I'm familiar with the format.

You can see that it's a new person that starts the post going again. Well, usually it is - sometimes it's just someone screwing around. That I don't get.

i'll give it a try..i didnt even notice the date thing until a few days ago.i felt quite stupid answering a post over a year old..

Sometimes at the bottom of the page, there's that "if you like this post, maybe you'll like these too" thing... if you click on those, you are bound to find one that speaks to you eventually, and that might be where the resurrections come from.

Personally, I think there's nothing wrong with bumping up an old post IF it has a lot of helpful insight in it. If there is arguing in it at all, I think that outweighs the good, usually, and the post should be left buried. Maybe in that case one could copy and paste the valued information into a new post.

I guess what I really want to say is, why does it bother you that people resurrect old posts? In other words, is there something more specific we need to avoid?

Some who responded to earlier posts were in a different place with themselves, and their perceptions on life have changed since then. I can see resurrecting old posts can cause confusion with replies.

I still read a lot of older posts, there's some insightful and inspirational ones there. If a topic hits a spot with you, have a read. If you feel it would help today, raise a new topic with how it relates to you. It was interesting to see the sex post yesterday raised. I'm sure sex has improved for some since that post, right JTx? lol

It was probably Joe Tex's old sex post that he doesn't want unburied.

No, the old sex post doesn't bother me. I mean really nothing changes if nothing changes

I get this totally. I have some posts from when I was drinking that I would be so embarrassed to see up top! Lets not... :)

holy, be careful, that almost sounds like an invitation. :-)

I understand now, Joe... I've typed many words I wish I could take back...