You must be new to the forums. Have you ever read through this thread? In it, there is this:
Do not “bump” posts.
The act of posting simply to bump a thread is considered spamming. This also includes bumping very old threads for no reason (called “necro bumping” or “necroing”).
And if you read the Forum Code of Conduct, under “Spamming and Trolling”, you’ll see why:
Spamming or Trolling
This category includes:
- Excessively communicating the same phrase, similar phrases, or pure gibberish
- Creating threads for the sole purpose of causing unrest on the forums
- Causing disturbances in forum threads, such as picking fights, making off topic posts that ruin the thread, insulting other posters
- Making non-constructive posts
- Abusing the Reported Post feature by sending false alarms or nonsensical messages
- Numbering a thread, IBTL, TLDR, or any other fad statements
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, they will:
- Be given a temporary or permanent ban from the forums, depending upon severity
If Necro’ing a thread is considered spam, then it is considered spam. Most of the larger threads stay active anyways, which doesn’t fall down of this line, because people are active on the forums to keep it active. Customization threads are an example, even the LGBTQ+ lounge is another example.
How ever, some threads that do get necro’d, are irrelevant threads today, and bumping them doesn’t bring anything to the discussion anymore.