As people have pointed out, sometimes I will start new threads that have similar or sometimes even seemingly identical topics to other threads I've started before. These are the reasons I do that.
Sometimes, on some of my threads people will start flaming each other and as a result the thread will be shut down. So that is one of the reasons why I might start a new thread with a similar topic, because the first thread got shut down because of the actions of other people.
Sometimes a thread will dry up so to speak, and people will stop responding to it and it might be weeks or months with no responses. As such I want to start a new thread to get more responses. Yes, I can revive old threads but from my experience, I usually get more responses from starting a new thread than from reviving an old one.
Sometimes I want to discuss a different viewpoint so when I start a new thread, it might be similar to an older thread I started but it will not be exactly the same. So I want to take the discussion on a slightly different path that is not the same precise path as an older thread.
So that is why I sometimes start new threads with identical or similar topics to old threads.
Sometimes, on some of my threads people will start flaming each other and as a result the thread will be shut down. So that is one of the reasons why I might start a new thread with a similar topic, because the first thread got shut down because of the actions of other people.
Sometimes a thread will dry up so to speak, and people will stop responding to it and it might be weeks or months with no responses. As such I want to start a new thread to get more responses. Yes, I can revive old threads but from my experience, I usually get more responses from starting a new thread than from reviving an old one.
Sometimes I want to discuss a different viewpoint so when I start a new thread, it might be similar to an older thread I started but it will not be exactly the same. So I want to take the discussion on a slightly different path that is not the same precise path as an older thread.
So that is why I sometimes start new threads with identical or similar topics to old threads.