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Post by david on Dec 3, 2015 12:42:33 GMT -5
What do you do about bumping threads? I usually have a 24 hour limit because it's fair and gives other people a chance too promote their site too. It gives them daily exposure. Also I think 12 hours is too short and 48 hours is too long. Do you also give them a warning, if they keep bumping threads not in the time limit?
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Post by ⸗April⸗ on Dec 3, 2015 15:33:01 GMT -5
I don't have a forum where bumping is necessary, but yes I do agree with the 24 hour thing. It's the perfect time limit to me.
However, it also depends on how busy the forum is, on if their thread will be pushed beyond the first page. So I can see how 48 hours would be suitable for a smaller forum where threads don't move around as much.
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Post by Sharon on Dec 7, 2015 21:57:16 GMT -5
I agree that 24 hours seems fair. April makes a great point that smaller forums may enforce a 48 hour rule which is totally at their discretion. I do prefer when members are required to state something interesting/useful when they are bumping their threads instead of simply using the word: BUMP. I think members who take the time to use their advertisement threads to make announcements about what's new or interesting going on in their forum deserves the traffic. Simply posting "BUMP" is just lazy in my opinion.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2015 23:48:55 GMT -5
Honestly, it depends on what the bump is used for. If it is a general bump, then I tend to gravitate to the 48 hour max. If it is a update of some sort, then I would give them a benefit of the doubt, and let them do it.
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Post by ⸗April⸗ on Dec 8, 2015 12:53:54 GMT -5
I agree that 24 hours seems fair. April makes a great point that smaller forums may enforce a 48 hour rule which is totally at their discretion. I do prefer when members are required to state something interesting/useful when they are bumping their threads instead of simply using the word: BUMP. I think members who take the time to use their advertisement threads to make announcements about what's new or interesting going on in their forum deserves the traffic. Simply posting "BUMP" is just lazy in my opinion. YES, I absolutely hate just posting "bump" because of that implication! Lol. Which on PB Support, you get yelled at for posting anything else other than that.  I feel like they'd yell at me for the exclamation mark that I put at the end of the word also. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2015 14:14:49 GMT -5
At This Moment does not have any bumping issues.
My forum does not need threads bumped.
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Post by Sharon on Dec 12, 2015 11:38:26 GMT -5
I agree that 24 hours seems fair. April makes a great point that smaller forums may enforce a 48 hour rule which is totally at their discretion. I do prefer when members are required to state something interesting/useful when they are bumping their threads instead of simply using the word: BUMP. I think members who take the time to use their advertisement threads to make announcements about what's new or interesting going on in their forum deserves the traffic. Simply posting "BUMP" is just lazy in my opinion. YES, I absolutely hate just posting "bump" because of that implication! Lol. Which on PB Support, you get yelled at for posting anything else other than that. I feel like they'd yell at me for the exclamation mark that I put at the end of the word also. Wow that's pretty crazy! I wonder what the reason is behind the strict rule against saying more than bump? Does it cause that much strain in the system to elaborate a little bit more in bump threads? Is it because they don't want to deal with potential spam that can be posted in the middle of threads and it would be too much trouble for moderators to look out for? hm... I wonder. |
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Post by Mandoli on Dec 12, 2015 21:42:58 GMT -5
At This Moment does not have any bumping issues. I think the topic was more designed towards "forums in general" and not "my forum". Methinks ⸗April⸗ has a point: PB Support needs to loosen its policy on what kinds of things you can post in your advertisement threads. It doesn't have to be a complete 180. I'd like a monthly "this is what happened, so come check us out" post that can be added and/or edited to the title of that particular thread. I'd be fine with that if it was a reasonable compromise. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2015 6:42:30 GMT -5
At This Moment does not have any bumping issues. I think the topic was more designed towards "forums in general" and not "my forum". Methinks ⸗April⸗ has a point: PB Support needs to loosen its policy on what kinds of things you can post in your advertisement threads. It doesn't have to be a complete 180. I'd like a monthly "this is what happened, so come check us out" post that can be added and/or edited to the title of that particular thread. I'd be fine with that if it was a reasonable compromise. . |
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Post by Mandoli on Dec 13, 2015 12:21:17 GMT -5
So in your opinion, who reads the first page? All you see after that is "bump". Nobody cares about "bump". They want updates. You can't make a thread with the only content being in that opening post. |
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Post by Thomasss on Dec 15, 2015 16:40:52 GMT -5
I agree that 24 hours seems fair. April makes a great point that smaller forums may enforce a 48 hour rule which is totally at their discretion. I do prefer when members are required to state something interesting/useful when they are bumping their threads instead of simply using the word: BUMP. I think members who take the time to use their advertisement threads to make announcements about what's new or interesting going on in their forum deserves the traffic. Simply posting "BUMP" is just lazy in my opinion. YES, I absolutely hate just posting "bump" because of that implication! Lol. Which on PB Support, you get yelled at for posting anything else other than that. I feel like they'd yell at me for the exclamation mark that I put at the end of the word also. Well when you look at ProBoards as a whole and not just a forum, they are a company with real employees and a reputation to uphold, if you see a forum with a bunch of spammy people saying "bump" or another version of the word, people might be a little cautious when signing up for the service, ya know? One thing about PB is they are a registered and legally working company, most others like MyBB and phpBB and other forum hosts themselves aren't a true company, not most of them anyway. Anyway, off to the discussion. xD I have a 12 hour bump rule, I like to keep my advertising section competitive but not too competitive to where you have to wait an entire day before you can bump again, 24 hour bump rule is nice, 12 hour bump rule gets people posting in there more and coming back to the forum more often, even if it's just for the advertising section. |
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Post by john123 on Jan 2, 2016 0:44:08 GMT -5
I actually don't have a rule for it. If it becomes a pain, I'll send an FYI type message. Most of the members on my forum aren't too annoying and brainless. We have a decent sized promotion section, and I've never had an issue with anyone annoyingly bumping threads. In the case of someone just posting "bump" I'd remind them that all posts must be constructive and contribute to the topic at hand. "Bump" isn't beneficial to the thread at all.
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Post by darthmaul on Jan 4, 2016 22:47:37 GMT -5
24 hours is my go-to rule. I tend to find this is the status-quo for things such as general promotion and topics that would require a consistent bump. When I ran a forum I had a promotion section that had a 24 hour bump rule, and as Sharon mentioned I would require more than just a simple word "Bump". I would have a rule basically making people post at least one sentence when bumping a topic. I think that if they can't take the time to just post a quick sentence about their site or topic they're bumping, then they're basically just spamming for no reason other than to get more exposure. I know when I used to bump topics in promotion forums I would post a quick stats update about my forum and then post some news and recent popular posts. It was a great way to keep people updated and interested, while also bringing my forum back to the front page in a respectful manner  |
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Post by AllenaFaith on Feb 3, 2016 16:06:15 GMT -5
My forum is a General Discussion board, so there is no reason for them to bump threads. Back when my forum was a promotion forum, though, I had a 24 hour limit.
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I feel like they'd yell at me for the exclamation mark that I put at the end of the word also.
