How does it happen? Just curious.

Some are resurrected by spammers which bring them onto Active. Then others post without checking dates. Others are still relevant to people.

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Sometimes, the person who originally started a thread comes back many months later to add an update on their situation. That brings the post back onto the active list.

People often don't read through all/any of the responses on a thread before giving their own view on the original topic, so suddenly a whole string of new 'answers' quickly gets added to the 'old' thread.

It's almost always bots that have found the thread on the basis of keywords and posted a link advertising something -however tenuously - related to the topic.

They override the warning that says "are you sure you want to contribute to this old/obsolete conversation?"

If you scroll to the end of the thread you will find a deleted message and one saying "reported". (If you haven't already noticed the date and/or wondered about some posters popping up who have long left Grananet)

Sometimes, of course, the subject is timeless and it's perfectly OK to take up the discussion again.