New threads not old

[sunshinesupermum]

AIBU to expect people to begin new threads rather than tack on to old ones?

Two property threads today - one 10 years old and the other 2016 which I began reading and begin commenting on before realising that they were not current threads at all. Just start a new one guys, please.

Yanbu. There seems to have a series of random revival of Zombie threads recently.

I must admit I revived an old thread in Telly Addicts but at least there it's still relevant . I think the zombie post notice needs to be bigger - like splashed across the page at an angle , or a big red X

It's been suggested. HQ are concerned about putting newbies off.

We have asked so many times. But the latest reason was what Empress said.

A lot of other forums discourage multiple threads on the same subject, and would actually like people to comment on an older thread about the same subject

To be fair, people do start squawking about such-a-thread being 'done' 1000 times, too.

Yes, I quite like MN because it's different to other forums.

There will be a 'Like' button next.

People have also suggested a gentle suggestion at the top of zombie threads that it might be better to start a fresh one.

After all, it must be equally if not more off-putting for newbies to have their post responded to with a flood of complaints about zombies which probably don't even make sense to them.