Community Standards Regarding Old Thread Revival?

[Doug ex-em4]

Facebook isn't going away any time soon, almost 3 Billion users world wide
It continues to grow albeit with a small slowdown
https://www.statista.com/statistics/264810/number-of-monthly-active-facebook-users-worldwide/

Instagram likewise continues to grow and is forecast to do more
https://www.statista.com/statistics/183585/instagram-number-of-global-users/

What happens to Twitter remains to be seen but is still used by over 350M people worldwide but has lost users this year and the forecast is that more will leave next year
https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-users-does-twitter-have

None of which is to suggest that forums won't continue (or even grow) but it won't be at the expense of Social Platforms in the short to medium term.

That’s a shame. I’ll just have to continue pretending that they done exist in that case

Doug

[FramFramson]

I can definitely say that forums are still thriving well enough. Nothing quite ever took their place entirely, as the format is clear, easy to follow and search, easier to moderate and keep clean from bots, and generally much more accessible than a wide variety of later types of social media sites. Reaching even further back, even IRC is still going strong, Discord or no!

LAF specifically may trend a bit towards the finely matured (  ), but basic ease of use has value to both old and young, believe it or not! 

[Grumpy Gnome]

I see no reason why a thread that may contain relevant information should not be resurrected. Granted, that requires some responsible decision making. So far mods here have been more tolerant of my necromancy than those over on Dakka Dakka.

While I used to promote Facebook back in the day I now loathe that platform. It has become entirely too much of an over powerful monopoly with various agendas that do not align with my own. I do miss the flow of information that has migrated from forums to FB. I never took to the other forums of social media…. beyond YouTube that is. Although I do not have an account there, I do make use of the various videos of interest.

Hopefully LAF continues to endure.