Anopers said:
What if a threat is older? Is it really necessary to start a new one, why not re-open the old?
"Basically the goal is to keep fresh posts up top, so posters can get good feedback and not get lost among the same old threads"
It's really not such a big deal, if you have something you want to post on and it's old or closed just post your own question to open up a new discussion on the topic.
We all undestand how, especially with new people, you find something you can relate to and want to comment on it. That's great, if it drives you to comment and you thinkit'd be a good relevant topic, open a thread. After you've been herre a while, you'll appreciate not having the clutter of seeing the same 5 threads all the time with someone's "I agree" tacked on the end.
We want this to be a fun place where you can post something and generate some answeres and feedback. To that end we don't want you're exciting new thread buried behind a three year old dog, as people tend to comment most on the recent post that shows up in the thread headline.