The temptation to "necro bump" is too great, sometimes.  I mean hot chicks die, too.  What's wrong with having sex with them while they're still warm?  Also, resurecting old threads is a weakness of mine.  Who's to say when a thread is dead?  You?  Me?  Rev. Jessie Jackson?  Sometimes an old topic goes on for years (ie: the post your mind thread).  Sometimes a new topic dies too soon (ie: the Twitter 2.0 thread).  If someone brings a thread that died five months ago, is that wrong?

I say that any threads that are more than a year old should be locked automatically (if nobody posts in them for more than six months).  Any thread that somebody wants to bring back should be approved by a mod, first.  Who's with me?

I think a thread is dead when no one response to it. I saved this one from being locked you can thank me later citizen.

I never got what the big deal is about necro-posts. As long as they're on-topic I don't see any problem.

if a thread is still relevant and comes back up, people will chat in it....if it isnt, then it will get locked or ignored...why add all the red tape.

A good thread is a good thread otherwise it would not be bumbed. After all we're all here to entertain ourselves and the age of a thread should should be an issue.

Old threads can be a lot of fun and it would be trouble to PM a mod first :s..

This.

Thx to you I am starting to bump up some old threads =p..

Some are very hard to find sadly, Google is still better if you want to search an specific old thread.

@Lostplanet22, bringing back old threads is against the rules. I just have a weakness for doing it. Yeah, I agree with you that we're here to entertain ourselves and I see nothing wrong with reviving the past. But rather than risk getting in trouble (usually, a mod will just lock the offending thread), I say put some sort of automated measure in place. That way, nobody commits the crime. Otherwise, I'm going to necro-bump the "Crash Team Racing is Better Than Mario Kart 64" thread and nobody wants that.....except me. I want that.

Then you should make a nostalgia thread where you can post amazing links to amazing threads and even discuss it in that 'Nostalgia' thread...

And I remember the CTR VS MK 64 thread :).  'but CTR has a higher metacritic'  GT is the best racing game.... 'No MK wii is that is why it is pwning in sales';...

The threads are boring and I don't see the problem in creating a 'nostaligia thread'  I would make one but I am so lazy especially if i have to update it =p..