One of the things that bugs me and probably bugs a lot of other folks, is when we open up a thread with an interesting title only to find that there is a single (or maybe a couple) new posts on a thread that is often years old, and that someone dredged up probably through the search engine on a topic they were interested in and commented belatedly on. Not that there isn't a reason to do this sometimes, as occasionally a thread may need resurrecting when some new related development may have occured that is relevant to the old discussion. However, in my opinion there are far too many unrecognized "Lazarus'" threads popping up for one or two comments until someone (usually Panache) notes that it is an ancient thread and should be let die.

Is there some way the forum design could be modified so as to note next to the name of the original poster, under the title of the thread, the date of the original thread posting? In this way those who may see a thread they did not recognize could know it was an old thread, and save themselves the time of reopening it and possibly going through a significant number of posts before they realize themselves that it is an ancient thread. I know we can see the name of the most recent post author and the date/time that most recent post was made, so I assume the suggestion above is possible, and only a matter of effort and desire.

Just a thought.



Jeff :ootd: