As mentioned in the post, there’s definitely a need to respond to older threads. And I think over time, the more people comment on a thread, it helps quantify the problem for many plugin authors.

To me, I think it’s more important to have this conversation about Plugin Reviews becoming dated very quickly. Humans can leave low reviews because of a specific issue. But even after the plugin author fixes the issue, the review stays. This can lead to an unfair view, in my opinion.

It would be great to have a review flag for the author to say the problem has been fixed. Or in the very least, attribute the plugin version number to the review if possible. Right now it’s only the date, but what if the user is somehow running an outdated plugin and leaving a review about a problem that’s already been fixed. It’s a tangled road.