Posts here are never really dead.

The reason that I say that is because this is a site that provides information, assistance and answers. Those answers from 9 months ago are typically still applicable.

If I am searching for some information, and I run across a flame, or misinformed post, I will still downvote it, I don't check the date.

Update:
Sorry, guess I should have made myself more clear. I also rarely downvote a post, though flames almost always get a -- from me.

I guess the point that I was trying to get across is that old posts still have value in this community (vs Slashdot where they could probably wipe their database every couple of weeks and no-one would notice). People still look at old posts a lot, hence it is not surprising for me to see that a post is being downvoted even if it is nine-months old.

In fact, I know that I have upvoted old posts as well. For all the same reasons that I ++ right now, they are well written, they add value to the community and they answer my question.

Obviously the community is not all about questions and answers, this is evidenced by how much higher on average non-code posts seem to be. I agree with this, and indeed is one of the benefits to this site.

In reply to Re: Are We Coming to This? by the_slycer
in thread Are We Coming to This? by spudzeppelin

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