Do you check the date on posts before commenting?

I do now after commenting on a couple super old posts. Having said that, sometimes I’m in the mood to resurrect oldies.

Not at all. If it piques my interest I go for it.

No, I usually don't, I just commet if I like the question.

I don't pay attention to the date.

Yes i check the date. Usually it appears on the feed because someone you regularly interact with has very recently commented or edited.

Wouldn't seem too odd or late unless the baby responds to your comment!

Nope

It's like cold, leftover soup: if it was good on day one, stir it up and it'll still be good, hot soup--just like this thread.

Usually it happens when someone else comments and it shows up in the feed…and then realize I already commented on it back when

I check the dates, and sometimes I respond even if the post is years old. Sometimes, that restarts the conversation.

I do. Or try to. Like when was the person last in. Or when they made the comment or post. How relevant is it?

I always say I'm going to, but I don't. If sw tells me your four day old post is the most recent, who am I to argue?

I never do. Sometimes it gets the post rolling again

That's totally something I would do.

Nope. Quality doesn't date.

It happens, just roll with it.

I think we’re all guilty of this!!

Happens to me often. The feed is a mess

Not always

Yup

No i dont

I do.

I do that all the time lol

I'm starting to. I felt stupid rantting on a post after I realized it was from 2019.

Nowadays I always check. Sometimes the most recent posts are days old. The person who originally posted it could already be in jail. Or dead.

Sometimes I do, sometimes I forget. And it's always when I forget that I end up answering something that was written half a decade ago.

And then, occasionally, just to be weird, I'll intentionally answer something from a full decade ago.

I also think posts should have an expiry date assigned to each post which makes them automatically become deleted from this website, otherwise very old posts that are sometimes 7 years old are exhumed from someone's exhaustive search for gold, then resurrected to make them appear newly minted today, then plagiarized for it's ownership as they attach their own nameplate as that post's original Author.

What I check for before I look at the date posted, is to see if the original poster has made an effort to respond to those who took the time to reply. If the OP hasn't responded or has responded only once to 200+ replies, I just skip the post altogether because it was created as a red herring (bullsh*t post).

That's what happens when nothing new is posted... old crap from 5 years ago is suddenly resurrected when someone digs back and finds some old crap to comment on, which generates feed from it as if that post were made new today.