People will still bump the old threads. That way you have loads of new ones plus the old ones taking up the first page.

I've seen hell , and it's the rock & metal forum with about 12 slipknot threads on the first page. That's obviously what happens at it's most exaggerated but the point is more threads = threads being pushed down the forums quicker. That's what we mean when we talk about keeping things tidy making sure there's less clutter on the front pages.

And if people think that it's ok not to use the search function and just start a new thread everytime it WILL get worse.

It's not necessarily keeping tidy with the threads, it's keeping tidy with all the discussion contained within them. For the most part it's best to have everything to do with one band in one place, avoid everything being repated over and over again.

Yeah it would be easier if we just left the threads there but it's easier for everyone here if we keep everything in one place, people will get bored otherwise.

It would help if people did a thread search before making a new thread, but that's beside the point.
Imagine making a decent thread that hasn't been posted in for a good while, then along comes a newb with the same thread idea, making your thread redundant.
Add the fact that what will be posted in the new thread will probably be regurgitated opinions from the old one anyway and very quickly the new thread becomes uninteresting to most of the older members who've read it all before.
I'd rather see a merge over a locked and linked thread though, unless the new one is crap as already mentioned.

Oh well, I've said everything I want to say and put in my two (or four or six) cents on the subject. Mostly if you guys are going to do something with duplicate threads I wish you'd merge them instead of locking them. I've had several experiences recently where I reply to a new thread and then it gets abruptly locked after the third post or whatever. It gets kind of frustrating.

Thanks to all of you for taking the time to discuss it though. :)

LOL

By all means bump what you want dude within reason, if you have stuff to say then it's a shame for it to go to waste :)