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Thread: Bumping of Thread allowed?
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10-12-2016, 10:59 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Bumping of Thread allowed?
Is it allowed to bump the thread in shared and Reseller Hosting marketplace?
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10-12-2016, 11:00 AM #2
Threads in the advertising sections are all sorted by the date of the first post - They won't "bump".
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10-12-2016, 11:03 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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10-12-2016, 11:12 AM #4
If it's just to make a thread look "hot" again, it still sticks it in the "New Posts" list. I don't know how you feel about that, but I find it darned annoying when you're looking for actual new content. Plus we have the obvious limitation of how often you can advertise in each section (according to your membership type). Bumping generally just isn't a great idea anywhere - I guess that's also why we have a rule about it.
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10-12-2016, 11:16 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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10-12-2016, 11:23 AM #6
True, as far as threads go, but humans are odd beings - Sometimes they'll post new ads as a reply to an existing one to see if they can get away with that instead, and we have to discourage them from doing so by reminding them of the frequency rules. : sigh :
Surely you've not been testing this very trick out, have you!? Let me just go and look!0
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10-12-2016, 11:31 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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Well, a reply is not a new ad though and new ads are limited by the system. A reply would be a bump but that doesnt work because of the sort order .
The definition of "bump" could be still covered by the "discretion" bit but then bumping is explicitely not forbidden in the advertisment forums but only in the main ones.
But then that wouldnt be even a trick but merely following (not even randomly interpreting) the rules by the letter .0
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10-12-2016, 03:33 PM #8
So... to summarise, we agree that you can't bump ads with more ads, and you can't bump threads in the discussion areas, and you agree that the moderation team can use their discretion to discourage members from bumping offer threads that can't be bumped anyways.
I'm glad we got that clear!
PS: This thread's also had its bumpability disabled.0
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