But there’s a difference between reviving an old thread from months or years ago and keeping a thread alive over years by having people participating every day for that long…
That was very rare back when I used forums. But similarly, at least every month I’d have a reply to a 1-2-year-old comment I left in reddit. It happens.
And discussions that are dead after 24h max.
I take part in discussions that have been going on every day for 10 years + on forums.
And then there are forums like The Goonswarm Forums, where they get pissed when you accidentally “necro” a thread.
But there’s a difference between reviving an old thread from months or years ago and keeping a thread alive over years by having people participating every day for that long…
Here’s a good example:
https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/yamaha-wr250r-threadfest.936588/
Since 2013, 21 000 pages with 20 replies per page!
That was very rare back when I used forums. But similarly, at least every month I’d have a reply to a 1-2-year-old comment I left in reddit. It happens.
It happens but you’ll be the only one to know.