What happened to baby in business class thread?

[Anonymous]

Hi Jeff, there was an amusing thread in the travel forum discussing the propriety of flying international business class with a baby. But now it seems to be gone. Any reason why? Thanks!

[jsteele]

The thread was from 2016 and posters were replying to the OP. So I removed it.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:The thread was from 2016 and posters were replying to the OP. So I removed it.

I've never quite understood that policy, here or on other sites I've seen it. So what if an old thread gets revived? Assuming there aren't other reasons to shut it down, it seems reviving old threads would be mildly annoying at worst.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:The thread was from 2016 and posters were replying to the OP. So I removed it.

I've never quite understood that policy, here or on other sites I've seen it. So what if an old thread gets revived? Assuming there aren't other reasons to shut it down, it seems reviving old threads would be mildly annoying at worst.

Usually its done to just start a fight. It is annoying to read a thread, think about an answer, type it out, and then realize you've been bamboozled, the thread is 5 years old, OP is long gone and you are just arguing with nobody