Why are we seeing "OLD" posts rehashed as new

[Littlelambseativy]

I really was not attempting to be critical of the mods. I was just surprised  in the last while to see so many old posts being resurrected as if they were new..2002? Etc. The person with that particular issue I no longer see on the board or has moved on. I do suppose someone new may think it is current and the post gets rehashed. I also realize that the year or month day is indicated but just wonder if anyone pays attention. I do go to the new content first to see what is discussed before browsing within the forums and it is the new content that sometimes surprises me. Not a real complaint but it seems to be more stagnant than before....how is that for no complaint! Just muttering  out loud to see if I am alone. You Mods are not all without other interests or work and are commended by me. God bless you all. 

Is it possible to have a time frame of a year on some posts? Then get them moved to "past topics"? Or ??

[other one]

I don't see anything wrong here......    new threads are started all the time.....   why is it a problem with new people carrying on an old conversation and maybe they will go back and see some of the old wisdom...      If you look at some of our best threads, they are usually very long and take several detours.....   there is nothing wrong with someone coming by and expressing thier ideas also, and if it's something I spent some time on long ago I can save a lot of time by just quoting what I said in 2004.

I just don't see any real difference in starting a new thread or tacking a new thread on the end of an old one.

[Littlelambseativy]

OK..Just thinking in print form...

[Guest shiloh357]

The only problem with resurrecting old threads is that most of us, I think it is fair to say, may no longer hold the same views we espoused when those old threads were active.  We have learned more since then.   Times have changed and our way of looking at things is now informed by knowledge we didn't have back then.

I have seen, in the past, in debates when someone makes a statement and then someone quotes them from a thread they were in say, 3 years before, when they made the opposite statement and people use that as a "gotcha"  tactic.    It seems if you post something on a message board, you are not allowed to change your mind later on.

Some of those older threads may no longer be relevant because the reality on the ground is different today than it was 5-10 years ago.   That's the problem with bringing up old threads.  The information and points of view are no longer valid.

[KPaulG]

There are a number of people I see no more here on the forum. Where is Nebula? Wyguy..etc. I miss all of them ..the new members are wonderful but I do miss all the others ..

I miss Bubbles Baloo.

 

She's a sweet lady.

 

God Bless you.

 

Your brother in Christ,

KPaulG.

[Littlelambseativy]

I agree Paul, they just seem to disappear...they are all greatly missed. Loved their warmth and comments...fiesty attitudes but Godly hearts.

[enoob57]

I am just so very thankful at the end of this all...is our Lord and His eternity of love and holiness!
Yes we do miss those who have not returned showing forth the bond of The Word that forms in
us the hope of His glory ... we, who have His presence in us, shall not loose anything of each other
but the wrong we don't want to keep anyway   Love, Steven

[KPaulG]

I agree Paul, they just seem to disappear...they are all greatly missed. Loved their warmth and comments...fiesty attitudes but Godly hearts.

Amen, Littlelambs.

There are a number of people I see no more here on the forum. Where is Nebula? Wyguy..etc. I miss all of them ..the new members are wonderful but I do miss all the others ..

I miss Bubbles Baloo.

 

She's a sweet lady.

 

God Bless you.

 

Your brother in Christ,

KPaulG.

 

We have had a lot of very wise people here in the past that have passed on.....    if we don't ever look through those when a subject comes up then we will have lost that wisdom.     There is nothing different in starting a new thread or just adding onto an old one.....   except the missing wisdom.

I miss Nigel.

 

God Bless you.

 

Your brother in Christ,

KPaulG.

I miss darth_nisse, Fez, Mattjttiah, Eragon, wingnut-, and AIP, too.

 

AIP dropped by a moment ago.

 

God Bless you.

 

Your brother in Christ,

KPaulG.

Edited October 6, 2015 by KPaulG
added new names

[Littlelambseativy]

All of the above and then some Paul. There are so many who were here a year ago and now no longer contribute to lively discussions....they are greatly missed.

[Guest shiloh357]

A lot of people are not here because their life situation changes.  They get married or they have kids and or they change jobs and it changes everything and they can no longer budget the time to post on here like they did (albeit, it would be nice if they popped in once in a while just to say "hi"  and let us know they are still alive).  Some members have passed away    

We need to be careful how we treat old posts when the people who posted them are not here to clarify, perhaps, what they meant.   It's too easy to twist someone's words or attach false values to their views that they did not intend and are not here to defend themselves.