how do you "revive" old discussions?

I think one way of finding an old discussion is by using myLot's search bar located on top of the page. (Just make sure you high lighted "discussion" before hitting "search".) I used it from time to time to check if I am not duplicating any thread and oftentimes, the result are good discussions even three years dormant. More cumbersome is to visit your friends profile page. There, you can check all of the discussions they started. And you are right how our started discussions are archived in our profiles. The one with the latest response or comment will be on top of the list. So the threads on the last page may not be the oldest discussions created but the ones with the oldest comments/responses. Or you may try to find an old discussion through each interests' homepage. But since the discussions in each interest are arranged just like the friends started discussion pages, you have to scan every page to check older discussions. The only one way to revive an old discussion, either this is started by you or another member, is to respond or make a comment on it. The response/comment will bring the thread to the friends' started discussion and to the interest's first few pages where the discussion was created.

I love reviving old discussions if they are worth it and deserve the limelight again. I sometimes do it to my own, especially when like now there are many new users here. I have several where I have not yet awarded the BR because the responses are not yet worthy. To revive other user's older discussions I go to their profile and search for them. I did this quite often last week after users were responding on mine and I wanted to help them too by responding on theirs. I just went thorugh a profile under 'discussions I've started' and when I found one or two interesting, regardless of the date, I responded. Once they come to life again they also appear on the right here in 'similar topics' and could even get several new responses. I'm sure users are happy when an older discussion gets a new life, especially if it was one still awaiting a response

Some of my old dicussions get revived from time to time... and that makes me very happy... so i would immediate make a comment to the one who responded... mainly to thank him/her in reviving my discussion... commenting also helps in making it stay on top of the friends discussion started and recent discussions...

When people respond to an old discussion it moves up on the lists like "friends started" or "responded" so that's one way. Another is to comment on it yourself. I'm still kind of new so I'm not sure what other ways to do it but maybe we can both learn.

I don't always pay attention to the time the discussions start, so I end up finding out that a discussion is, like three years old. I don't really care though since I just reply when I have something to say about something. There's never really any closed topics here.