do you respond to older discussions...

Yes, in fact the oldest discussion that I have ever replied to was 3 year's old. I see no reason why we shouldn't respond to an older discussion. Some of the interest's that I like don't have any new replies, but where I was interested I replied any way's.

Hi jb,

At the moment I tend to only respond to newer discussions because I can never be sure whether creators want me to reply to their older discussions or not. I think when I start to delve into my interest categories a little more I might start to reply to older discussions, but only if there hadn't already been a BR chosen since it means there is a greater chance that I can add something new to the conversation. Not sure what the oldest i have replied to had been though, maybe a week?

All the best,
Dranz

Hi jb, I often respond to older discussions, just think of the fun you can have there, all those lovely ripe ones just sitting there without a single comment, that's good for a laugh when I'm fed up of stating my coffee and ice cream preferences.
Just think of the fun too of hitting someones profile and reviving an oldie they've forgotten all about and couldn't care less about anymore and now they are forced through politeness to get back on the case.
And it's all such a waste when there's bombed discussions sat there just because your new frinds haven't seen them.
If you have the inclination you are quite welcome to profile rummage amongst my old ones, I used to be really bad at titles so lost a lot of good ones that way, kamaki was my favourite one, along with severed heads.

i move in sequence and respond to what catches my attention. dates do not really matter. but yes time is a factor and also how many interesting discussions are there. i other words it depends how much time it takes me to move down the sequence.

There are times that I follow a lead from a discussion which brings me out to another discussion that is several months old.

I am once in a while tempted to regenerate the conversation if the owner of the discussion is a name that is familiar to me - otherwise I tend to leave them.

There were some that I have seen that looked interesting, but were three years old and had not had any input since - in a way the opening for starting a discussion on the same theme?

The one other thing that struck me was following discussions on politics - were the discussions two years ago coming from the other flank and shooting the same sort of hyperbole at Bush that they are now shooting at Obama? Maybe some of those need reviving. Though maybe not, it is the hyperbole that needs toning down and the bias that needs to be measured and rationalised.

Hello there! Well, great minds think alike. Anyway, take a look at this one:

http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1990030.aspx

that's what I posted when I was a new user in here. You can see their opinions there. Cheers, have a nice day!

I would say doing this is a very good idea
There are some excellent older discussions and your new response could easily get the discussion going again especially if the member who posted the discussion is still active.
If you want a link to a profile that is a goldmine of really good discussions going back a few years send me a PM.
This particular member is still very active and really does have some good and varied discussion topics.

I responded on a couple of his the other week and they then picked up a few extra responses as a result.

I mainly stick to new discussions I just turn my friends "on" and respond to theirs and then if I see anything I want to respond to in that interest I will.

I have looked through some older discussions but I haven't responded because I'm not sure anyone would look at an older one....maybe I will start to resond to them!

I pay attention to the new ones.