What is a necropost?

[Ken H>]

Personally, I've never had a problem with necroposting, so long as it's done right (i.e. don't try to get the OP to respond to a new question 7 years after the first post). Necroposting is actually a natural side effect of reliance on searches to find topics of interest. I find it amusing that the moderators here chastise new members for posting topics/questions that have been asked before (advising them to use search to find the answers), and then chastise them again if they post a new entry on one of the old threads they find.

Each forum has its own rules, standards, and traditions. This one apparently views necroposting as bad. Okay and accepted. But if necroposting is bad, that leads to starting redundant threads. No sense in chastising people for doing that.
- Greg

I agree with Greg on the subject. I'm on other forums where it's encouraged to add to an existing thread regardless of thread age.

I do really like the idea if starting a new thread on same subject to link to older thread of same topic, that way the info doesn't get lost. Yes, I know you can always search, but we all know search doesn't always work very good. Just too much info out there. The link to search ONLY this forum is really good.

Ken H>