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Originally Posted by rkomar
Why? I don't understand what is supposed to be wrong with responding to an old thread. You can start a new one, but you lose all of the previous discussion. Threads take on lives of their own, they aren't there just for the OP. If others want to keep the discussion going, why not?
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You can link to the original thread in your new thread. It stops people from adding to a thread that's too old with a post that's rubbish. A lot of necroposting is does with rubbish posts.