Hammy said:
is there a rule on ressurecting old threads?
Yes. Lets say, for instance, someone just saw The Incredibles today. There's absolutely nothing wrong with bumping the old Incredibles thread, even if it's a month old by now, to voice your opinion, as long as you make your post worth it. If you were to bump it with, "good movie" and nothing more, you'd be risking getting banned. But if you were to write more than a few lines and actually give a solid opinion, that'd be cool.
Same with bringing new information to a topic. For instance, the Scott Peterson trial, there was a verdict today. No one would get in trouble for bumping a Scott Peterson thread instead of making a new one (though there's nothing wrong with making a new one either, since a verdict is not the same thing).
I'm watching Star Wars Episode 2 for the first time ever tonight, and I was thinking about bumping that Star Wars Episode 3 thread with the new pictures to voice my opinion on Episode 2. So basically bumping old threads as long as you have something worthwhile to contribute is completely allowable.
Bumping month old threads with
:lol :lol LOOKS LIKE HE'S JAIL HOME ALONE NOW ROFL :lol :lol
is obviously not a smart thing to do.
If I wasn't clear enough for anyone, feel free to ask more specific questions, since I don't want people to be doing this stuff in the first place, and would rather it just not happen instead of having to ban someone each time it does.