On reviving Zombie Threads.

[bswag]

It's really fun to read through a 7 year-old thread asking for advice, only to notice several posts in that it is old as the hills. Then, you see the ass who resurrected it has added a comment, as if the OP is going to see it and care.

Hey, that ass might have been mine! Brains!!!!

 

[bswag]

Then, ya ought to listen to the way Phil Lesh plays Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" on
Europe '72...

Did The Replacements ever make a live album?

 

[hrodbert696]

Sometimes an old thread is relevant and interesting to revive. But it's always... fun... to see the folks that ask if something is still for sale seven years later, or who give advice that someone should fire their guitarist ten years later, or whatever.

 

[BazzTard]

I have to admit to resurrecting a zombie thread. I recently got an M87 'pressor and Sansamp PBDDI and read some old settings threads and revived one. As these pedals are still relevant it doesn't hurt to give others a chance to read up too. There is a LOT of great information hidden in the TB vault! In fact, I found a Geddy Lee sound for my PBDDI really quickly by adapting someone's settings.

 

[AltGrendel]

Sometimes an old thread is relevant and interesting to revive. But it's always... fun... to see the folks that ask if something is still for sale seven years later, or who give advice that someone should fire their guitarist ten years later, or whatever.

Ok, I'll give you those two, but that doesn't mean folks have to be nasty about it. As I recall, most of those that I've seen are new members that are still getting use to the depth of info here.

 

[Lobster11]

I have no objection to reviving zombie threads whenever the issue discussed is still relevant. My personal pet peeve is people posting without reading any of the previous posts, and then saying things that they wouldn't have bothered to say if they had -- such as giving advice when the OP has clearly already made a decision and moved on. People resurrecting Zombie threads are often (though certainly not always) guilty of this: If they had read any of the previous posts, they would know that the item has already been sold, or the issue in question resolved, etc. This happens with zombie threads a lot because in many cases the reason why the thread went dead in the first place is that the item was sold or the issue resolved, etc., so there was nothing useful left for anyone to add. Just my $0.02 worth.

 

[Crystalman85]

Whenever I see a zombie thread, I like to post the song zombie nation. I was thinking this could be the official theme song of zombie threads.

 

[ggunn]

Whenever I see a zombie thread, I like to post the song zombie nation. I was thinking this could be the official theme song of zombie threads.

Or it could be a Zombie Jamboree!

 

[lfmn16]

I'd rather see someone revive a zombie thread than start a new thread on the exact same subject time and time again. Do you name your bass; what was your first bass;

 

[ggunn]

None of it bothers me.

 

[petrus61]

I'll go one further and say the some of the best, most helpful threads are zombie threads. People piss and moan about not using the search function and then the same folks whine when someone revives a zombie. Unless it's a 5yr old For Sale thread, be helpful and engage in the conversation or shut up and move along.

 

[Crystalman85]

Or it could be a Zombie Jamboree!

That was funny. reminds me of monkey by harry belefonte.


Which of course where the animaniacs got the monkey song from.

 

[G-MonRV5]

So, we've agreed on a new TB rule: If you've ever posted a snarky reply telling someone to "use the ****in' search function why don't ya?", then you don't get to gripe about reviving zombie threads.

 

[INTP]

I've been on forums where you got ripped a new one when you opened a thread that was kind of like anything ever discussed previously. I've also seen where people complain about reviving old threads.

I'm with @mellowinman on this one. People need to take things a bit less seriously.

 

[gln1955]

I've been on forums where you got ripped a new one when you opened a thread that was kind of like anything ever discussed previously. I've also seen where people complain about reviving old threads.

I'm with @mellowinman on this one. People need to take things a bit less seriously.

Really. If the same things weren't rehashed on a regular basis, TB would be pretty dead. Not zombie-dead, really dead.

 

[vmabus]

I wanted to comment, but I'll wait a couple years...

 

[comatosedragon]

I have necro'd many threads since I have joined this community, and what I have noticed is that if anyone responds after me, they are usually responding to the original opening post, because yeah, Tl;DR and all that.

 

[P. Aaron]

I'll click on thread 'cause of subject matter & realize I read it and then look at the post dates and realize I have read it before. It's all good.

 

[SunnBass]

Too soon?

 

[GIBrat51]

Yeah, I don't think this one is sufficiently dead enough to qualify...