It's because after awhile of no comments, poww comes back in to bump it back up, then things like this happen where me and you are talking so it gets more posts. there are tons of threads like that. go dead for a month+ then someone comes in just to bump it and then it gets more traffic for a bit, then the cycle repeats. If poww hadn't bumped this thread, it eventually would have expired.
Okay well what about the what day it is thread, the food thread and the drink water/beer threads? Thise are all shit threads that keep staying bumped daily. Do we really need reminders to drink water and beer or what day it is? My point is, 90% of the threads regularly on the front page are trash that gets bumped daily by ty their ops. Are you complaining about those ops too?