Political posting

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Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar

Interestingly, though members hesitate to double-post on the Downs, we have no forum rule against it! If what someone has to say is on-topic, Tolkien-related, and devoid of chattiness (and non-aggressive as well), it can be posted, no matter who wrote the last active post on a thread.

Carrying on conversations with onesself seems rather boring to me*, so I wouldn't advocate it as a rule, but if a renewed post gets a discussion going after a break, go for it!

Though it's not a rule, I try not to double post as, as is obvious, it seems that I am having a discussion with myself, which truly is boring (though therapeutic). That said, sometimes a new thought shows up, and instead of adding it to a pre-existing post (where it would go unnoticed, and that would be shame and a loss for all humanity ), I have to double. This bumps up the thread, and maybe there's someone who hadn't noticed the first hundred times through, and this new poster will add to the thread, in which will be breathed new life, again to the benefit of humanity.

Why not, instead of all of the Machiavellian intrigue, have a 'lonely threads' list where people with terminal boredom can go and elect to restart a thread that has gone past its time?

Oh wait, I think that we already have this in any forum's thread list.