Necroposting

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English

Noun

necroposting

1. ((computing{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) The act of posting, as on a forum, to revive long inactive discussion threads.
   • 2003 January 5, Louis M. Brown, Usenet, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise [1]

     Much like your power of necroposting a thread long considered dead.

   • 2005 February 23, Chris Hafner, Usenet, alt.sports.football.pro.sea-seahawks [2]

     After being away from Usenet for a few days (apologies for the necroposting), I had some time to think about this.

   • 2005 June 6, Richard V. Lamb, Usenet, rec.arts.anime.misc [3]

     I'm a moderator at a realiiity TV forum and necroposting is tolerated there so long as it isn't a sore topic that the mods hoped people would ignore