Is It Ok To Recyle?

Tricky. I don't like the idea of recycling, but I accept that fresh faces might mean fresh posts. If I were tempted, I think that i would rephrase the discussion, perhaps look for a different answer, but make space for the previous question to be considered too. I wouldn't condone a cut and paste job from the old though.

I'm not sure. I like thinking up new things to talk about at least new to me! I try to think of new discussions. But I guess something unresolved could be done again if you need the advice! XOXOXO Kumquat! LOL

I don't do it often, but I do think if you looked at my history there may be a few repeats simply b/c I forgot that months ago I started the same topic. I think it's ok, as long as it's not just an attempt for more hits. Discussions do get pushed down to the bottom and people do lose them. However, you can also try posting another response to your discussion and that will bump it back up so others can see it. I've gotten responses to really old discussions, and once they were bumped up, suddenly others were responding to it like it was new.

I dunno if it is okay to do that or not.. but someone recently replied to a crappy discussion that i made over a year ago.. i'd rather of not had it resurface!! But now other people (just one so far) have started to respond to it again.. So if you go back and comment on it again.. then it will come to light again. But i guess your newer friends if they only find discsussion through emails like i've been doing lately.. They wont get them.. I would give ita shot.. just dont tell anyone its a recycled dicsussion and no one will ever know the difference probably! lol. Good luck cyn ;) *hugs*

I don't know. It might be fine, after all there are so many similar discussions being posted even by different people. I wonder if instead of reposting if it's easier or better to just add any comments to the old discussion and get it going again? Unless there are many changes to it, and if there are then it's certainly a new discussion isn't it? The same topic can be discussed in a completely different way too so you wouldn't be posting exactly the same thing. I think that if there is something that you would really like to get some input then you should get it out. WIth so many similar discussions for no apparent reason yours at least would have a reason.

I have read your comments on the responses in this discussions and from your sentences I think it would not make any problem if you repost any discussion you made a while ago with different words and sentences. Also, there is another point. As I know if someone replies your discussion many days later, it moves up and other people will be able to see it so you will have a chance to recieve more responses for the same discussion. Personally, I never check the age of the discussion before I make a response. Especially, if the discussion takes my attention and interest, I don't hestitate to write a long answer for it. At the end, it will be seen by some other people and this will help more sharing of information on this discussion. The same thing happened for a political issue a few weeks ago. The discussion was something that I was really interested in, and it was about 1 years old (or maybe 3 months,I doN't remember clearly) but I gave a very long and detailed response to it and it recieved other comments so on and on...

well it was a very good idea i guess..as long it deviates on the original one ..

Why not? Perhaps the only reason you did not get many responses was the timing. I am on here a lot and yet I still miss a lot of discussions. they get lost in the shuffle. Go ahead...repost. What harm could it do?

Hmmmm I think it's fine as long as you change it up or add to the detail then it's really a new discussion that the old discussion made you think of !!!

When it is your own discussions, I think it's a good idea to try and recycle them. There are some fantastic discussions we've all started that just didn't fly for whatever reason, the first time around. So why not give them a chance? Everyone's moods change from day to day, and what someone may find interesting to add one day, might not be something they care to discuss on another day. Some days, it's hit and miss. So for those miss days, oh yeah, recycle!

To be perfectly honest I do not see the problem with recycling an old discussion, I mean you can change it around and rearrange it and give it a whole new makeover, does not seem like a problem to me. Plus there are new members joining all the time who will not perhaps have seen the older discussions and so its good for them too, and it is hard to find things to do so yeah good idea!

i think its a great idea. Because there are so many theards!