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0 pointstravisjungroth5y ago0 comments

Agree for intelligent discourse about a slow-moving topic. Disagree for conversations about personal opinions (most of forums), especially ones with time context. When you post on a three year old thread, everyone else has left the room. That's fine if you want to share how you finally got this old sound card working on a specific OS, lame if there was a lively discussion about working at Lyft versus Uber.

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lucideer5y ago· 1 in thread

Firstly there's a 3rd type: someone asks for help and you post a suggested solution 3 years later. Extremely useful for all the lurkers who also had the same question and are reading looking for possible solutions.

But secondly, even your own counterexample I don't think checks out. If I'm browsing your forum & interested in perspectives on working at Lyft v Uber, I absolutely want to read a recent update and contrast that with what people thought 3 yrs ago v now.

Tbh, the "I got my sound card working" post seems least appropriate of them all (but still ok to do imo, necroposts are good)

travisjungrothOP5y ago

My sound card example was supposed to be like your 3rd type, so we agree there.

Old and current experiences are definitely both valuable. Just start a new thread. It's too easy for other members to miss the dates when it comes back to the top. Then they're reading and responding to old posts from absent people like they're here and now.

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