At what point do y’all decide not to comment on a thread? Is 1 week+ too ’old’?
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Screw it, I’ll necrothread like a forummancer.
Hell yeah, cyber archeology. Coming into old comments threads like Lawrence Fishburne, “this place is a tomb.”
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Good job team
I don’t even really think about it, I just comment if I have something to say. At worst, nobody reads it and I was shouting into the void for a minute.
But the Lemmy userbase isn’t massive yet, so those week+ old posts still see more engagement than you’d think.
Even on reddit new comments were sometimes useful. If I had a problem with some software it was useful to see how others solved it as time progressed.
For me it’s generally a couple of days. Any longer and I feel I’m necro’ing the thread, though I have broken that guideline on occasion
I was vary much an “/all” super lurker, but as of recently we’ll see if an old dog learns new tricks.
I think it really depends on the context of the post for me. For example, I wouldn’t bother to comment on a news article from 2 years ago, but a tech support request in a retro gaming forum might have some new relevant information
I don’t see a problem with posting to very old ones, even years old. There will always be someone after me who will approciate more context or information.
There’s no set time in terms of when I might comment: It would depend on the thread’s context.
If you have something to contribute, it is never too late. This isn’t like forums where you “necro” a post.
Oh I’ll find a way…
I’m still reddit brained I would think anything after 24 hours is too long. but other people are right if you have something to say it’s never too late lol
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I just set a calendar reminder to let you know in 7 years.
a relevant response is timeless
It depends on the nature of the material. If you wandered by, say a post about some AR glasses that you happened to own and could provide useful information, it’ll still help people for years into the future. There really is no time limit to those. If it’s just an opinion on some current event, or cool pic, then after a few days it probably has little to no value.
I don’t look at time. If I have something to comment then I do.
For most threads, I won’t comment on anything older than 2-3 days. In part because I comment largely with the hopes of discussion and it’s unlikely I’ll get replies in threads once they’ve fallen off of hot. But for stuff like a newly released movie discussion thread, I can go for several weeks after it was posted. There’ll be more people watching the movie a few weeks in. Google was pretty good at finding the same thread when you googled “<movie> reddit”. I sure hope the Fediverse gets similar soon.
