Bumping threads

The Professor · 05-06-2008, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by Boonzeet

Haha, I'm actually going to rep you for that as I posted that about a week before I got fired :3

I disagree with this thread.

Although bumping... is when a moderator intentionally moves it up. The proper word is necroposting, but oh well.

Anyway, I think it should be the same, or stricter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_%28Internet%29

Obviously wikipedia isn't the most reliable source, but I think it suffices here

e5 · 06-06-2008, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by Professor-Alex

I have come across situations where a dormant thread has been bumped with a new post which is completely relevant to the conversation, and the thread continue as if there had been no time gap at all. The example that stays in my head was in the runescape section where someone made a picture out of dropped ashes and suggested he might make more, than three weeks or so later posted a new one in the same thread. In that case, I see no harm in letting the thread continue.

But as you say, these situations are rare and common sense has to prevail when deciding whether it's justified or not.

Some people just do it to be awkward though and would abuse this if given half the oppourtunity, also we don't really want o re-instate old news. Mainly speaking for the Habbo UK News and Rumours section.. If you added dicussion onto that, maybe bumping could be allowed.