Reviving OLD discussions

I think there is nothing wrong with reviving old discussions. I think it is better if old discussions gets revived because some people never really get around to seeing the old ones. There are times when I would see discussions 2 to 3 years old but I still respond to them if I find them interesting.

Reposting an old discussion is a NO NO and a violation, or posting a discussion then putting a link of the old discussion is a violation too. but i also did number 2 because it was one of my old and serious discussions. they did buy it and respond to my old discussion but was never deleted...but you shouldn't do it, because some might report you someday.

It happens a lot with my older discussions especially when new users join my friend list and can't find a recent dicussion of mine (because I don't start many=. I have also bumped my own too by adding a comment to a response. That happens when a particular discussion topic I have becomes actual again. I also have links to a few of my dicussions at the top of my profile. I know that they can help new users and they often reappear too.

The oldest dicussion I have responded on was one over 3 years old with over 900 responses at the time. Well done to the original poster who has kept it alive by commenting on every single response too!

It is not against the Guidelines to revive them but they should not be started as new topics as that would be a repeated discussion.

i've never seen what the big deal is with reviving existing old threads.
if they're still timely,i don't care if someone posts to my older ones.
i know some people freak out about it,but i don't mind if people do respond.
if mylot locked them after a certain period,that'd be different.

As long as you don't make a discussion asking people to look at your older discussions, it's not against the rules. You can ask anyone you like, as long as it's in a PM or email.

I've had some of my old discussions revived but I never said a word about them. As a matter of fact, I've forgotten most of my old discussions! LOL But, every now and then, someone responds to discussions I posted over a year ago. Maybe they do searches for certain topics and that's when our old ones pop up.

I actually did go back through yours to find the one about your son who was having such a horrible time when his teeth were coming in. If I weren't so tired all the time (with my heart problem), I'd be responding to some of your old discussions because I remembered one where you had lost your part-time job, or something like that, and I made a point to try and respond to all of your discussions from that point on, to help you make extra money.

Hopefully, when the doctors find out what's wrong with my heart and it can be fixed, I'll have more energy and will most definitely be going back to your old posts, and those of some other myLotters as well, and respond if I have something to add. Also, if I bump into someone who has been around here for awhile but I had never met before, I'll check out some of their older discussions, too.

I've noticed that, if one person adds a comment to an old discussion, usually I get a few more comments from other people as well because that discussion has been pulled out of the archives and is alive and well again.

That's actually one reason why I put off giving a best response for awhile. I've given out best responses before, only to have the REAL best response come in right afterward. I eventually get to all of them.

So, no, it's not against the rules, as long as you don't make a discussion asking people to go to your older discussions.

I'm sure that's fine.

People are always responding to my older
discussions. I have a few thousand old
discussions and am always getting comments
months and even years after they were first
posted.

I think is a good way to do, I like to go over posts of new added friends and add some comments on them, I dont care how long was it.:D I dont see any wrong about it. Especially, each MyLotter is unique and have his/her own way of saying things
Thanks

Writing the same discussion again with same wording is wrong and it is against the rule. But If you ant to revive a old discussion then you can do that by asking your friend to respond to that and it will become alive again. So to start the discussion again never go for writing that discussion again but have a response to that and you will get what you need.

I don't think it is against the rules at all. I have different people from around Mylot that respond to my older discussions. Its great to see my old discussions revived because I never got to read the old responses and I can reply to them.

I think there is no violation of rules if you are not posting exactly the same topic but only sending PM to your friends so they could see and if they could contribute or find something worth sharing to your old posts then it is beneficial to you and to them as well. I think it is in fact a good idea to solicit responses to your close friends here through PM. And you can do the same thing to them to return the favorI find this idea not violating any rules here.