Do you bump old threads?

Personally I only bump old threads only if I have something useful to add and not just quote or repeat what other posted before me.  
 
I know I could have made it into a poll topic but I figured everyone have their own reasons for doing so.  I also wanted to know because I keep seeing people opening threads about topics that were already started by someone else and their reason for doing so is that it's an old thread from a year ago. Fuck I know I am guilty of doing the same myself. 

I don't think it is a good habit. Usually, threads die for a reason.

If it's a game specific thread, I still reply. Even if that person has moved on and doesn't need the help or whatever, someone else who comes along might.
 
I think it's kinda stupid when people get mad for other people bumping old threads. What's wrong with keeping the conversation going? Unless it's like some random off-topic thread I don't know what's so bad about it.

Personally I only bump old threads only if I have something useful to add and not just quote or repeat what other posted before me.
 
True story.

Not really, I do post in really old threads when there's a relatively new post but I don't bump them.

" Not really, I do post in really old threads when there's a relatively new post but I don't bump them. "

I try not to. I guess if I had something very important to say or thought it contributed to the conversation I might consider it. Also depends on how old the thread is. 

Only to avoid making a new thread with the same purpose.

Five bucks says this thread gets bumped in five months

" Five bucks says this thread gets bumped in five months "

Capitalism says that we should let those threads that aren't viable die.   
 
Bumping goes against the fundamentals of threadonomics.
 
Do not bump what isn't wanted.

I don't really do it, but I don't have a problem as long as the topic is still relevant.
 
But, if someone now decided to bump a post titled, "I hope Gears 2 is going to be awesome!"  Than that isn't okay.

" @Blair: So why oh why do people open new one for the same subject. They just word it differently. "

I'll comment in an old thread if it has been bumped up and there is some new conversation going in it. But I dont make a habit of doing the bumping myself.

No, because I might knock them over and break their hips. 
 
 Respect your Elders! 

On the odd occasion and only with a valid reason.
 
I have noticed quite a few members have been guilty of this lately. A new member will bump one unknowingly, and a seasoned member rather than just leaving the thread alone, will post their displeasure, only inciting another to post...

I'd sooner bump an old thread than create a duplicate

No, I would create a new topic instead of Bumping.

I can't wait until this thread gets bumped in a year with a simple "no."

" I can't wait until this thread gets bumped in a year with a simple "no." "

Sometimes by accident.

Bumping old threads is fine if you have something to add. However, it's a different matter altogether when a user goes around bumping year-old threads with replies like "Lulz" and "Epic."

Well, I'm beginning to notice people whom just signed up to GiantBomb and making their first post count to a very old thread. Seriously, I've seen it happen several times.

Sometimes.

Sometimes people bump my old threads...no idea why.  It's been pissing me off lately.  >.>

Usually I don't,but if it was an opinion topic and I wanted to voice mine why not.

i bump old topics when i find something interesting in them, something still relevant today which i ask about or try to discuss.. recently i bumped an old GTA IV topic about the DLCs and whether theyre gonna be released for PC too which is important to me and the new DLC isnt even out yet, and everybody kept busting my balls about it. 
 
i mean so what if its old? whats that social disease you have that makes you only interested in the latest shit going on so you can be a part of it and crap like that? its old and it was bumped for a good reason, i dont see a problem.

I often link back to older threads if someone has reposted a topic that has been talked about at great length, and I might comment inside a thread that has been dug up from the grave by someone else.
 
There are two Off Topic threads I think that should be stickied though, so I guess you could say I bump them from time to time.

1. Rate The Last Film You Watched
2. Video Game Appearances In Film - A Community Compilation Project
   

" I often link back to older threads if someone has reposted a topic that has been talked about at great length, and I might comment inside a thread that has been dug up from the grave by someone else.
 
There are two Off Topic threads I think that should be stickied though, so I guess you could say I bump them from time to time.

1. Rate The Last Film You Watched
2. Video Game Appearances In Film - A Community Compilation Project
   

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"Only to avoid making a new thread with the same purpose. "

Bump!
 
Now what was the question?

" 6 months from now I'll bump this thread and say no. "

it depends how old or how useful the topic was.... 
if its one year old and is something really stupid ill even go as far as to ask them why the hell they bumped it

I usually not the first one to bump an old thread, but if an old thread ends up on the first page and it is interesting, i guess i bump it.

No.  If the thread is a month old, maybe.

" @Bigvic785 said:

" Five bucks says this thread gets bumped in five months "

OK, its a bet. FIve months it is. January 18th 2010. Do we count inflation? "

I still see people bumping dumbass threads like the Political Racism or whatever the fuck that thread was about. Personally, though, I wouldn't bump an old thread unless I had something useful to add, taking into consideration that someone might want or need more information on the subject.

no, i'm not a bumper. i would say on this forum maybe because there aren't a lot of threads that are made constantly.

Hardly ever.

Yes, if I have something relevant to add and it isn't a low-quality thread to begin with.  It's better than starting a new thread because then you get the "Use the search button!" posters.

" I don't think it is a good habit. Usually, threads die for a reason. "

Only on game specific forums, but thats usually because I forget they are probably dead.

Well, I'm not going to go into an old thread and say "bump" or anything useless like that. But if I have anything informative to add to the conversation, then I will post in an older thread.

Bookmarking to bump much much later. It's probably going to get lost in the rest of my bookmarks and while I'm cleaning them up I'm going to think "Why did I bookmark a single thread?" and delete it. So in case I do indeed delete it, somebody finish the job for me.