It's a no-win situation. On the one hand...you get people asking questions that we've all answered hundreds of times...so they get told "USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION!" So they do...and find an old thread that seems to help but doesn't quite do the job...so they reply to the thread, looking for more information. Then they get ridiculed for bumping an old thread.
I'd REALLY just like to see an end to both practices. Stop telling people to use the search function and just answer the danged question. And stop making fun of old thread bumps. Really, posting anything but something helpful on a "necro'ed" thread succeeds only in continuing the distracting disruptions and does nothing to actually HELP the site OR the people we claim to serve. It only makes us all look bad.
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