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almost cool:
boys? Do we need to pull this into a political debate? You guys are arguing like (Purely as an exapmple :))a married couple!

hihosilver:
almost cool:  It's not an argument, and yes, the debate is useful as other members as well as you can now understand why we don't bring back old topics.

I completely agree with rudy in this case, and with Ensoniq5.  I don't believe threads should be bumped, but I do definitely find that people should use them as references.  If you want to ask something about a thread, just give a link in a post and ask what you will.  But I agree, things like, "hey, that's nice!" shouldn't be brought in here.

spicy:
Yeah I get yoru point. O.K? So let's leaveit like that. I made a mistake, (Thought the picture was ace). It should only be used as a reference to other people. So it helps them.
Almost Cool: It's not an arguement, it learning
Hihosilver: I agree with you and Ensoniq5

Olias:

--- Quote from: RudySchneider on April 23, 2008, 10:42:07 pm ---The whole point about NOT regurgitating old topics is that, in most cases, there will be no benefit conveyed to the original poster.  That's not to say that someone new to the forums can't benefit,but the whole purpose of posting in the first place is that the poster had something to share, or was looking for guidance, or had unresolved questions.  After a couple of months, the likelihood that ANY of these is of interest to the original poster is fairly remote.

On the otherhand, I see absolutely nothing wrong with someone resurrecting an old post as a point of reference for a new problem, or questions about issues within the old post.  But simply re-acknowledging that "it was great" doesn't really contribute new information to the original poster.

Or am I just obfuscating?

--- End quote ---

Hmm, I have to say I disagree.  I personally would take interest in any response to any of my posts, no matter how old, and I'm sure some others would, too.

Ultimately, it depends on whatever policy Steve and/or the forum admin decide upon, but to my mind, if someone took the time to flip through old posts and found something about your work they wanted to comment on, I can't see why that wouldn't be of interest to the artist.

RudySchneider:
No argument there, Olias, as long as it's something truly constructive, and not simply yet another fanboy- (or girl-) type acknowledgment like "that looks great!"  The whole point of the forums is supposed to be as an information exchange.  Once a thread has been dormant for months, anyone resurrecting a thread to merely comment, without providing any NEW information, is not really providing benefit to the community as a whole.

I have seen in the past several NEW members dredge up long-dead threads simply to say "I like it," which is great, but adds no value to the original poster, or to the community as a whole.  Now, if they have a question about how somehing was done, or use it as a point of reference, such as "I want to know how to do this...," then by all means, dredge away...

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