Have you ever accidentally necroposted?

Yes, it does happen. Normally, I look for subject lines that interest me. The ones higher up on the page, are generally the newer posts. However, sometimes, it happens that once I'm in the thread I'll see a very old date. This is why I have asked for EA to date the Subject line of the thread up front, so we all would be aware of just how old it is since necroposting is being discouraged.

"Sharonia;c-17177092" wrote:
No but I am guilty of replying to threads that have been necroed by other members without realizing they're old threads.

Same here but I felt that counted as accidental necroposting.

I think "necroposting" as a concept is stupid: obviously, if someone wants to talk about something, then by definition it's still relevant.

I believe I have a couple of times, in less active forums on here. In those I tend to forget that even though they're on the first page, they're not necessarily new. xD

"FanPhoria;c-17178039" wrote:
I think "necroposting" as a concept is stupid: obviously, if someone wants to talk about something, then by definition it's still relevant.

I generally agree. It makes more sense to me to necropost, than to start a new post with the same topic. Necroposting is less forum clutter. But, every forum I've been part of has this rule. I think, because they want to ensure conversations are current and relevant. And rather than decide whether an old post is still relevant, they just look at the dates. Less work.

"lisamwitt;c-17178073" wrote:
It makes more sense to me to necropost, than to start a new post with the same topic. Necroposting is less forum clutter.

That’s funny because I feel the opposite way. Super old, long threads feel cluttery to me because you have to wade through all the old posts, many of which were probably written by people who aren’t even on the forum anymore, whereas with new threads, you can see what’s current, get to everything faster, and interact. ??

unless making fun of the people who do after they do it counts

not on purpose but I sometimes get confused when there is couple of new comments on thread and I enter it thinking its new thread only to realize its really old and be like oops * quietly leaves thread*

I don't usually post a lot, and when I'm in the mood of posting (like right now) I usually go and check the recent threads (maybe I've posted on a resurrected thread? Idk). But, knowing myself, I think I may be prone to be the one to resurrect a thread on rare occasion, if the thing being talked about is interesting enough for me to forget to check the date.

Yup, in my early days I was looking for an answer to something, did a search and an old thread came up, and I hadn't even considered looking at the date, I was just happy for an answer, and I was soon "reprimanded" over the fact I'd "necroposted", and I had no idea even what that meant.
The reprimander was pretty rude about it, and expected everyone to be as informed as he/she was.
There were a few choice words that went around my head as to how to respond, but I refrained from biting and let it go feeling just a bit attacked and injured.
Early learning days!