I do come across threads that have been inactive for more than four months and all of a sudden you will just see a user make a reply on such post that have been inactive for a long time and possibly the discussion is the OP looks concluded from previous replies of other users and this is mostly done by newbies so is it necessary to wake up an inactive thread or the OP is to be blamed for not locking the thread when the thread became inactive and the information required by the OP has been ascertained and if it is a case where such discussions in the OP arises in the future can that same thread be reactivated or it will be better to create a new thread?.
I do notice this sometimes with some threads, and it quite surprises me when I check the dates and see that the thread has been inactive for a very long time and suddenly resurrected. I also observe that it's mainly newbies that are doing this, I feel that it's fine if the reason for replying on such threads is meaningful, but it's appalling when there's no meaningful reason to go and start making posts on a thread that it's topic has been long concluded. I'll go with the consensus agreement here, the best action to take in such instances is to report to moderator. 
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I do come across threads that have been inactive for more than four months and all of a sudden you will just see a user make a reply on such post that have been inactive for a long time and possibly the discussion is the OP looks concluded from previous replies of other users and this is mostly done by newbies so is it necessary to wake up an inactive thread
First you can see those inactive threads pumped by newbie accounts but it does not stop here.Next is not newbie members, but high-ranking members, who did not notice how old that thread is, not only four months but maybe four years or older, was pumped by a newbie. They joined those discussions and did not know that they just replied to a non sense post from newbie.
I don't know how newbies can find threads that already are inactive some years, and bump it.
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the OP is to be blamed for not locking the thread when the thread became inactive and the information required by the OP has been ascertained
OP can lock it and should do it but if OP did not lock it, months later, it was bumped by newbies, it's hard to say the spam is because of OP.Other posters who join those discussions have responsibility too by did not read OP, but only reply to a newbie's post to reactive an inactive thread.
You have to see who bumped the thread after a long time and the reason behind the bump. Imagine someone was searching for it and found an old thread where he might get some help. In this case, if they simply reply instead of creating a thread, we should appreciate it instead of blaming them.
But, if it's a user who was not looking for any kind of help but just wants to make a reply and increase the post count for their signature campaign, they are the person to blame. Sometimes, reporting those posts work work. But you should ignore people like that.
I think ignoring necroposters are going to be a problem if we don't report them, I think that it's the thing that we should all do, it makes sure that there's freshness in the topic and that we're not talking about stuff that's already been resolved, the only time that I think that bumping old threads is good is if they have some relevance like when there's a story about a person that was scamming people and the topic is about chasing after those scammers, an update to that no matter the years is still fine because that means that there's a conclusion to the thread. I can totally agree with you when it comes to those necroposters that don't really have anything to contribute to the post, some people just can't really help to do it at all, they've made replies to almost all the threads in the board that they frequent so it's no surprise that they get desperate. But, if it's a user who was not looking for any kind of help but just wants to make a reply and increase the post count for their signature campaign, they are the person to blame. Sometimes, reporting those posts work work. But you should ignore people like that.
I do come across threads that have been inactive for more than four months and all of a sudden you will just see a user make a reply on such post that have been inactive for a long time and possibly the discussion is the OP looks concluded from previous replies of other users and this is mostly done by newbies so is it necessary to wake up an inactive thread or the OP is to be blamed for not locking the thread when the thread became inactive and the information required by the OP has been ascertained and if it is a case where such discussions in the OP arises in the future can that same thread be reactivated or it will be better to create a new thread?.
Blaming OP or the person who replied to the thread is not going to solve things.
So, here's what you need to do if you ever found a thread being bumped by anyone without any valuable reason then just go and report the new post to the report to moderator and in the comment box type 'Necro Bumping the thread', then sooner it will be taken down if it has zero value to the discussion.
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You have to see who bumped the thread after a long time and the reason behind the bump. Imagine someone was searching for it and found an old thread where he might get some help. In this case, if they simply reply instead of creating a thread, we should appreciate it instead of blaming them.
But, if it's a user who was not looking for any kind of help but just wants to make a reply and increase the post count for their signature campaign, they are the person to blame. Sometimes, reporting those posts work work. But you should ignore people like that.
But, if it's a user who was not looking for any kind of help but just wants to make a reply and increase the post count for their signature campaign, they are the person to blame. Sometimes, reporting those posts work work. But you should ignore people like that.
this is mostly done by newbies so is it necessary to wake up an inactive thread or the OP is to be blamed for not locking the thread
No @OP shouldn't be blamed for not locking the thread, even you see the thread should be locked and it's not yet locked, you can report the thread to moderator. By default the forum currently don't have a notification to notify the users if someone posted in their thread, only users who use telegram bot that know it.
if it is a case where such discussions in the OP arises in the future can that same thread be reactivated or it will be better to create a new thread?.
Up to you, there's no rule to forbid someone to bump old thread as long as your post is important and necessary, create a new thread is nothing wrong too if you want to discuss about a new thing that differ from the old thread. 
I do come across threads that have been inactive for more than four months and all of a sudden you will just see a user make a reply on such post that have been inactive for a long time and possibly the discussion is the OP looks concluded from previous replies of other users and this is mostly done by newbies so is it necessary to wake up an inactive thread or the OP is to be blamed for not locking the thread
If the topics is concern is currently active or needed some update its fine I think. But if its a worthless bump then I guess it should be reported to moderators. Yes sometimes some new users are not paying attention on the age of the thread as long as they see the topic they wanna engage. For first timers its okay but if its continuous then its not a mistake anymore.As a concern user the better way to do is just report the post so mods would take it down or sees that the thread is necessary for lock up.
I do come across threads that have been inactive for more than four months and all of a sudden you will just see a user make a reply on such post that have been inactive for a long time and possibly the discussion is the OP looks concluded from previous replies of other users and this is mostly done by newbies so is it necessary to wake up an inactive thread or the OP is to be blamed for not locking the thread when the thread became inactive and the information required by the OP has been ascertained and if it is a case where such discussions in the OP arises in the future can that same thread be reactivated or it will be better to create a new thread?.
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