There has been an increase in "necroing" old threads (bringing dead threads back to life) lately. In general internet netiquette necroing is frowned upon, much like typing in all caps. With our modern age, 2 years is pretty darn old. 10 year old threads are ancient! I don't know what that makes me since I've been on the internet since the beginning and even before (had email in 1978)... I guess I'm a dinosaur or living fossil? Since I still access the forums via a desktop computer and not through a cell phone there are some fine tuning issues I'm not so proficient on even though I've been posting on quilting related boards for more than 20 years now.
I admit, I rather like seeing some of the old names who no longer post for their individual reasons.
One way to non-necro is simply to start new threads for subjects you feel strongly about. Maybe linking the dead thread that inspired you inside your post. Chances are that you found the post by searching anyway,so saying something like"I found this post link but it is so old I thought I should start over" gives the rest of us the choice to revisit the old thread while recognizing the time period, and not missing that the original post date.
Bumping (basically saying nothing to keep the thread visible) is also frowned upon and hasn't been an issue here that I've noticed. If you have a problem and no one has responded, it is not bumping to say "still need help on this" but at some point you need to recognize whether or not anyone is going to be able to help.
Likewise, while you can share your current interests in multiple threads, creating (or bumping or necroing) new threads in different subforums is another frowned upon activity. We used to call this cross posting, but that is mostly used now for different social media (posting the same thing on facebook, tiktok, youtube, etc.) Think the current term is "multi posting".
It can be hard to decide the most relevant forum to get eyes on your thoughts. The moderation staff gives quite a bit of leeway but if they feel something is out of place, they can move it.
I think I can use a general "we" here -- we want an active forum where people feel comfortable and welcome posting. We come from diverse backgrounds and varying degrees of computer proficiency/history,