Why do people moan about old threads and want them closed? This ancient thread had more useful relevant info, ideas and banter than any others Google could find on the topic, none of which time has rendered obsolete.

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On Mon, 02 Jan 2023 19:01:12 +1100, Cov
<d982f33199a871e760e6ecfbdcf676ec@example.com> wrote:

> Why do people moan about old threads

We don't moan, we just rub your stupid nose
in the fact that the OP is very unlikely to still be
waiting for an answer to the original question.

> and want them closed?

No one has said that.

> This ancient thread had more useful relevant info, ideas and banter than
> any others Google could find on the topic, none of which time has
> rendered obsolete.

But the OP is very unlikely to still be waiting for an answer to the
original question.

As a rule though, this is not the case when somebody gives a fix for
somebody elses problem from years ago. One of the other problems with Home
Owners club is that it allows pictures to be posted which cannot be seen
outside on Usenet, and of course, does not actually quote the original
message either.
Brian

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"Cov" <d982f33199a871e760e6ecfbdcf676ec@example.com> wrote in message
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> Why do people moan about old threads and want them closed? This ancient
> thread had more useful relevant info, ideas and banter than any others
> Google could find on the topic, none of which time has rendered obsolete.
>
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> https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy/freezer-drawer-repair-369931-.htm
>

On 02/01/2023 08:01, Cov wrote:
> Why do people moan about old threads and want them closed? This ancient
> thread had more useful relevant info, ideas and banter than any others
> Google could find on the topic, none of which time has rendered obsolete.
>

It's because of what you have just posted to the Usenet (and not a web
site). Your post is completely meaningless because we don't know what
you are writing about. You haven't quoted anything that you are
referring to. The original posting to the Usenet disappearance 15 years ago!

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On 02/01/2023 14:04, alan_m wrote:
> On 02/01/2023 08:01, Cov wrote:
>> Why do people moan about old threads and want them closed? This
>> ancient thread had more useful relevant info, ideas and banter than
>> any others Google could find on the topic, none of which time has
>> rendered obsolete.
>>
>
>
> It's because of what you have just posted to the Usenet (and not a web
> site). Your post is completely meaningless because we don't know what
> you are writing about. You haven't quoted anything that you are
> referring to. The original posting to the Usenet disappearance 15 years
> ago!
>

If the posts are no longer available on any Usenet server it is at least
arguable that homeownershub.com making a copy freely available is a
"good thing".

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On 02/01/2023 14:32, Robin wrote:
> On 02/01/2023 14:04, alan_m wrote:
>> On 02/01/2023 08:01, Cov wrote:
>>> Why do people moan about old threads and want them closed? This
>>> ancient thread had more useful relevant info, ideas and banter than
>>> any others Google could find on the topic, none of which time has
>>> rendered obsolete.
>>>
>>
>>
>> It's because of what you have just posted to the Usenet (and not a web
>> site). Your post is completely meaningless because we don't know what
>> you are writing about. You haven't quoted anything that you are
>> referring to. The original posting to the Usenet disappearance 15
>> years ago!
>>
>
> If the posts are no longer available on any Usenet server it is at least
> arguable that homeownershub.com making a copy freely available is a
> "good thing".

It could be argued to be a good thing, but only if posters were
encouraged to quote the message they're replying to by default.

Also, not all posts are kept by homeownershub.com. And they
intentionally encourage visitors to reply to posts that are years old.

On 1/2/2023 9:04 AM, alan_m wrote:
> On 02/01/2023 08:01, Cov wrote:
>> Why do people moan about old threads and want them closed? This ancient thread had more useful relevant info, ideas and banter than any others Google could find on the topic, none of which time has rendered obsolete.
>>
>
>
> It's because of what you have just posted to the Usenet (and not a web site). Your post is completely meaningless because we don't know what you are writing about. You haven't quoted anything that you are referring to. The original posting to the Usenet disappearance 15 years ago!
>
>

Mostly disappeared.

http://al.howardknight.net/?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3C1169728352.280206.314640%40l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com%3E

But way too much work, to regenerate a complete thread that way.
By looking up the posts one at a time.

Paul

On 02/01/2023 14:32, Robin wrote:
> On 02/01/2023 14:04, alan_m wrote:
>> On 02/01/2023 08:01, Cov wrote:
>>> Why do people moan about old threads and want them closed? This
>>> ancient thread had more useful relevant info, ideas and banter than
>>> any others Google could find on the topic, none of which time has
>>> rendered obsolete.
>>>
>>
>>
>> It's because of what you have just posted to the Usenet (and not a web
>> site). Your post is completely meaningless because we don't know what
>> you are writing about. You haven't quoted anything that you are
>> referring to. The original posting to the Usenet disappearance 15
>> years ago!
>>
>
> If the posts are no longer available on any Usenet server it is at least
> arguable that homeownershub.com making a copy freely available is a
> "good thing".
>
The problem with the web site the OP is using is that they drag up stuff
from 10 to 20 years ago and pretend that is was posted yesterday.

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On Tue, 03 Jan 2023 01:32:59 +1100, Robin <rbw@outlook.com> wrote:

> On 02/01/2023 14:04, alan_m wrote:
>> On 02/01/2023 08:01, Cov wrote:
>>> Why do people moan about old threads and want them closed? This
>>> ancient thread had more useful relevant info, ideas and banter than
>>> any others Google could find on the topic, none of which time has
>>> rendered obsolete.
>>>
>> It's because of what you have just posted to the Usenet (and not a
>> web site). Your post is completely meaningless because we don't know
>> what you are writing about. You haven't quoted anything that you are
>> referring to. The original posting to the Usenet disappearance 15 years
>> ago!
>>
>
> If the posts are no longer available on any Usenet server it is at least
> arguable that homeownershub.com making a copy freely available is a
> "good thing".

Not when it is still available on groups google although admittedly
the UI is much easier to use than groups.google

On Tue, 03 Jan 2023 04:13:45 +1100, alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

> On 02/01/2023 14:32, Robin wrote:
>> On 02/01/2023 14:04, alan_m wrote:
>>> On 02/01/2023 08:01, Cov wrote:
>>>> Why do people moan about old threads and want them closed? This
>>>> ancient thread had more useful relevant info, ideas and banter than
>>>> any others Google could find on the topic, none of which time has
>>>> rendered obsolete.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It's because of what you have just posted to the Usenet (and not a web
>>> site). Your post is completely meaningless because we don't know what
>>> you are writing about. You haven't quoted anything that you are
>>> referring to. The original posting to the Usenet disappearance 15
>>> years ago!
>>>
>> If the posts are no longer available on any Usenet server it is at
>> least arguable that homeownershub.com making a copy freely available is
>> a "good thing".
>>
> The problem with the web site the OP is using is that they drag up stuff
> from 10 to 20 years ago and pretend that is was posted yesterday.

They don't pretend it was posted yesterday, each post is very clearly
dated.

On 02/01/2023 22:53, Rod Speed wrote:

> They don't pretend it was posted yesterday, each post is very clearly
> dated.

Not when they post it on their opening web pages and it says "Latest" or
"Featured"

They used to a have a "can you answer this" scrolling banner with random
posts picked from their archives but now they have a picture banner at
the top of their opening page with the original question from their
archives with an associated "read more" button. At the time of writing
one such featured question was asked 15 years ago but that information
is not presented with the question on their opening web page.

It's only when a user goes to the linked question/answer that they may
realise it's years old. Judging by the number of posts originating from
that web site it's obvious that the majority of their users don't see
the posting date/year.

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