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If people don't want reposts online, they shouldn't also lock old threads. I should be able to google something and reply to a 10 year old discussion (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/general@lemmy.world

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if it's so fckin common it's worth a downvote especially

does lemmy have this

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[-] AnonTwo@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago

I'd honestly say making a new thread for an already discussed topic is better than reviving a 10 year old one. There's no way of knowing any of the people involved in the previous discussion are even still around.

And depending on the topic 10 years may be so old that the issues or answers that were brought forth aren't actually relevant anymore, and would just lead to confusion.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Would be cool if users could tag the threads as related, so references to the old are close by. Would help in technical discussions.

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