HunchBluntley: Just out of curiosity, how did you even come across such an old thread? May I assume you were searching for something, and this was one of the results? I ask because someone else (a newb) raised another old thread (though not
this old! =) ) recently, and I'm genuinely wondering how this usually happens. :)
FoxySage: Nope, didn't search anything. Just followed the link from
this post Ah, okay, I didn't think about that possibility. In the case of the other thread necro several days ago which I mentioned above, I guessed that the new member/first-time poster that did it had searched for "free" and simply clicked the first link whose title interested him (something about "free
Plants Vs. Zombies on Origin" from back in January).