I have a question, what if an old topic is raised and a discussion starts, and users actively quote the OP giving a targeted answer to his post, don't people see the date the thread was created?
They either do not check the date or do not care about it, but are only motivated to make more ooss and fulfill their post quota for the week. This is correct for most of the cases, although there would be outliers where the conversation was rightly bumped up and users are contributing new and relevant pieces of information to any who is still interested in the topic.
Does the forum need such topics? And how do we stop their discussion? Is it fair to complain about someone who quotes the author, knowing full well that quite a lot of time has passed? Is anyone interested in answers to a question that was asked a very long time ago?
• No, not after it has been extensively discussed.
• Report such thread to the mods, suggesting it should be locked.
• This should be considered on a case by case basis. Some threads are still relevant 2 years after they were first posted and some discussions remain open even after much time has passed and much has been said. But for majority of the cases, it doesn't add anything new to the forum or to the discussion.