resurrecting old threads
 

What's the etiquette regarding adding to an old thread? Am I better off starting a new thread on the same subject or adding to an old (+3 years) thread?

It's perfectly OK to add to an old thread... Doing so will rejuvenate the thread and will bring it back to the top. There's certainly no harm in that.





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Absolutely - what Dean said.. ;)

John D.

OK thanks -- I love the ability to search threads -- so much info hidden in these pages

Of course, there are a few threads that don't need resurrecting, but it ought to be obvious which ones those are

And in the great circle of life for the inter-webs - someday, this thread may be found by a searcher and resurrected too.

I favor revisiting old threads to add new postings when there is new insight or information to share. This gives me the benefit of collective prior history all in one place.

agreed - if there is a story that can be added to - consider it like a revised edition of a book - if the author finds new information, he adds it to the existing narrative, wouldn't make a lot of sense to exclude the history and leave the new stuff hanging out there on its own

I would only add that if you are afraid the original thread was already too long, or your new post is taking an obvious tangent - you can always add a link to the old thread just as a reference