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Ask HN: Why can't I comment on old HN threads?

1 pointsby devinrhode2about 2 years ago
I&#x27;ve been searching for some usb-c adapter with multiple different ports.<p>There was an old HN post.. asking a question.. and sure, 4 years later, there&#x27;s an answer, not surprising. https:&#x2F;&#x2F;plugable.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;tbt4-hub3c<p>But if you can&#x27;t comment on a post... maybe google should stop surfacing it??

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PaulHouleabout 2 years ago
Old discussion forums collect spam.<p>Back when I was interested in &quot;aggressive content syndication&quot; I would analyze what competitors did to get top rankings and I&#x27;d often find that there was a newspaper in a small town in Pennsylvania that had nobody minding the store and somebody had filled up all the comments with drivel about where to buy World of Warcraft gold.
whythreabout 2 years ago
I think it is just a generic ‘no necromancy’ policy that a lot of forums have to stop people from dredging up old stuff constantly. However, if you want l to discuss that topic, maybe you could start a new thread and link the old one ?