I’ve come across an interesting question on the threadiverse that was asked two years ago and still hasn’t been answered.

What do you all think is an acceptable time frame for responding to unanswered posts?

Is there a general rule for when it’s too late to give an answer?

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    6 days ago

    Context.

    Some obscure question that’s been unanswered for months?

    Sure, why not.

    A political article that’s a couple days old and has a shit ton of comments tho… Yeah, it’s weird for people to jump back into those.

    But the absolute worst that will happen is someone down votes and blocks you. Most likely they ignore it, maybe ask what you’re doing

    It’s not a big deal.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
      2·
      6 days ago

      I imagine a lot of those ones with shit tons of comments from a couple days old are just people who are sorted by active instead of hot, so it keeps them at the top of their feed when they log in. Then you find pinned comments at the top of subs, which someone may accidentally respond to even if they are sorted by something else.

      I figure so long as they are trying to answer a question, and not criticize someone’s point, should be fine.

    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      6 days ago

      Its only weird if its an hour old account commenting on a 7 day post with bad faith arguments and whataboutisms, or randomly accusing the OP/commenters of dubious claims like “GENOCIDE SUPPORTER” or “PEDOPHILE”. (I saw a new obvious alt replying to a 5 month post for no reason lol, browse the modlogs… its fun)