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[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Tbh, commenting on or reviving old "threads" has been bad "forum culture" before Reddit even existed. Back when forums were popular, on things like proboards or other community forums, it was called "necroposting".

Users were against it because you'd bring/bump a dead topic back up to the front-page, and push new discussion and news to the bottom while bumping old discussion/news to the top. I think the trend just followed as forums evolved. It doesn't really make sense to have that rule on a website like Reddit/this tho, as it doesn't "bump" a topic, just pings whoever you replied to/OP.

[–]Handroid7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nercoposting is just a thought-terminating cliché.

Depending on topic, a thread can be relevant long after the original post.