Forum Grave Digging - Inquiry

[Stewgar]

I've seen some posts recently where somebody makes a response after months, or even years, after the previous post. This is called Grave Digging (just in case somebody doesn't know).

Usually this is met with fire and fury from others, even if the post was insightful or brought to the attention old information that is interesting. Here is an example:

https://discoverygc.com/forums/showthrea...pid2237655

No response was about the substance of the initial reply. It was, instead, about resentment toward Grave Digging. For the record, I would have never known this thread existed and found the information (dated 2008) to be interesting. I might actually try to make a Sidewinder Fang!

So, this is the discussion. Is it ever acceptable to Grave Dig? If not, is it more/less unacceptable given the material of the new post? At what point is it considered a grave dig? Is there ever a case where it is acceptable? If there is no circumstance where this is an acceptable practice, what should be done instead?

Discuss!

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