To wonder why people reply 'zombie thread!' on zombie threads

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Threads on here often come up as a result of Google searches. So resurrections are bound to happen often. Why do HELPFUL people here like to then pile on and state 'zombie thread!' - what's so bad about reopening discussions?

I've seen threads about this in Site Stuff and MNHQ have said they don't want to lock threads in case there are useful updates.

I agree with you!

Why on earth Mumsnetters get so bent out of shape about "revived" threads, I have no idea.

There is no logical cal reason. It's just the norm of the site.

There are many other sites with different norms, and you may feel more at home in ones with other habits.

Anyway I vote that if any of us are still on here in 10 years' time, one of us ought to come and resurrect this thread.

I have "Zombie Thread"ed only today. I did it to warn people who don't realise. Of someone has revived it because they have a similar dilemma I may even suggeat they start a new thread! I suppose that is a sin too!

A long time ago when I first joined MN the threads where inverted (no idea if they still are) with the newest posts at the top.

Posting Zombie would save posters a huge amount of time.

Yes I find it really irritating when people shriek "zombie thread!" Who cares if it is?

I think I am the opposite to you. I care if it is a zombie thread and I find them really irritating. Especially if it is a long thread and I waste ages reading it before I realize. I wish there was a warning at the top or better still on the thread title.

I found MN through a zombie thread about ds leaving for uni last year.
Even though it was back in the day (2015) it did help.
So they do play their part, even if its not about helping the OP.

FascinatingCarrot - was that an ‘empty nest’ thread? I started one in 2006, just a few months after I joined MN, when DS left for uni and it got revived every year- sometimes by me and sometimes by someone else - until it finally got to 1000 posts in 2013 (by which time both my two had left university and moved out properly). Then someone else carried on with a new thread and I think that’s been going ever since. The original thread is here if anyone is interested
Those threads would probably be called zombies by some of the people here, because sometimes they wouldn’t be posted on for months, until the new academic year, but they are still useful, because they have a lot of advice on them on things that don’t change all that much, and they give support from the feeling that you’re not alone.

Ones that give advice and support kind of make sense.
There is a coping with a miscarriage thread that is similar.

However some of the ones that get revived are just pointless.
Like one where the op is trying to decide between two houses. I’m guessing after 6 years she decided.

Because its infuriating wasting time reading ops posts just to find 10 mins later thier last post was 7 years ago!
Its not rocket science.
If it stops someone else wasting thier time reading old posts and posting advice for something that ended 7 yrs ago its welcome.

If you want advice on something start a new thread that people will actually read. Nobody is going to bother reading the whole thread when a thread died years ago so chamces are they wont read your post.

Because its beyond irritating to go through a thread and respond to find its a thread from several years ago
( especially when you realise you’ve commented on it!)