Question: What is a necro-post?

Answer: A necro-post is a new reply posted to an old inactive topic. The word necro means corpse and as such the act of necro-posting is replying to "dead" topics.

How old a topic has to be before it is considered necro-posting to reply to it depends on how busy the forum is. Generally speaking if a topic is still on the first page of the forums topic listing then it is acceptable to reply to it. If in doubt just read the date of the last post to the topic, if it is from 2003 then you shouldn't be hitting that submit button.

Necro-posting is generally frowned upon for the following reasons:

• It is confusing for other users when topics from years gone by re-appear.
• Frequently (especially on a political forum) the topic is out-of-date.
• The fact that the topic has been left for so long can indicate that it has been debated to death.
• An old topic with few replies may have already been debated to death elsewhere (use the search feature to check!).
• Dragging up old topics pushes current relevant topics further down the forum's topic listing.