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When was the last time you answered a Lemmy or Reddit post/thread that was more than five months old? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I think there should be some incentive for that, like make those kinds of comments a spotlight or something. Maybe make a community called "late replies" that showcases the best such replies, or have a rule saying they grant free karma (in Reddit's case).

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[–] Alice@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm not against necrobumping in certain contexts. If I have a tech support question, I can promise you I'm still clueless after 5 months. Also a niche creative project can take over 5 months to find it's audience, and creators are usually happy to hear feedback.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Answering an unanswered question is definitely valid. Feedback for a niche creative project may be better served by a new post, but a late comment is fine as well.

I dont have a problem with necrobumping, but i dont think it deserves to be promoted or incentivesed in a "bestof5monthslater" showcase.

Anything that can be gamed for imaginary internet points will be abused, and it wont be long before there is a flood of "Upvote if your still reading in 2025 🥳🤠🤯" comments.

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago

Oh, that's true. I've spent so much time on Lemmy I lived in a world where "who else is still listening to this wildly popular song in 2024??" didn't exist