I don’t even really think about it, I just comment if I have something to say. At worst, nobody reads it and I was shouting into the void for a minute.

But the Lemmy userbase isn’t massive yet, so those week+ old posts still see more engagement than you’d think.

I’ll necro a years-old thread without blinking. Never bothers me when somebody does it to a comment of mine, though I usually no longer have any idea what I was talking about.

Be the person who finally posts a solution to a seven year old program, which then helps out one person needing that solution next year!

I think it really depends on the context of the post for me. For example, I wouldn’t bother to comment on a news article from 2 years ago, but a tech support request in a retro gaming forum might have some new relevant information

Screw it, I’ll necrothread like a forummancer.

a relevant response is timeless

There’s no set time in terms of when I might comment: It would depend on the thread’s context.

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I just set a calendar reminder to let you know in 7 years.

I don’t look at time. If I have something to comment then I do.

I do not impose artificial limits on myself.

I feel like this is something that arises organically in each community; on bigger r*ddit subs anything older than a few hours usually didn’t get read or responded to, but on Mastodon I’ve seen plenty of convos come back to life after weeks. If you have something meaningful to add, go for it. If nobody sees it, oh well

I don’t see a problem with posting to very old ones, even years old. There will always be someone after me who will approciate more context or information.

As a long time former lurker I’m trying to go based on active conversation, others saying what I had to say, and if it’s something I’m interested in devoting time to. I’d say that is my criteria and not really how old the post is. The content.

Never. If it’s not locked and I have something to say imma say it.