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I noticed that the main page have just been literally flooded under bumped tutorials.
I think we could prevent this in the future if we add a number of bump limit like as in the AntiPoints system (the limitation which prevents you to give too AntiPoints each day).
It's only my little suggestion, if you have another one...
I noticed that the main page have just been literally flooded under bumped tutorials.
I think we could prevent this in the future if we add a number of bump limit like as in the AntiPoints system (the limitation which prevents you to give too AntiPoints each day).
It's only my little suggestion, if you have another one...
I thought there was only the possibility to bump up a thread evry 5 hours, but that didn't realy seem to work..
I thought there was only the possibility to bump up a thread evry 5 hours, but that didn't realy seem to work..
As far as I can determine, the bump feature works just fine, but there may be an exploit that we don't know about. Those of you who have been around awhile may remember an incident where the entire home page was covered by threads started by me, which if memory serves correctly, was the impetus behind the five-hour-you-must-post-to-bump rule. We have a small (minded) group of troublemakers here at AO, and this certainly smells of their handiwork as did the afore mentioned incident. Isn't it a shame when the "kiddies" and "little bois" attempt to ruin a wonderful site with immature pranks like this?
As far as I can determine, the bump feature works just fine, but there may be an exploit that we don't know about. Those of you who have been around awhile may remember an incident where the entire home page was covered by threads started by me, which if memory serves correctly, was the impetus behind the five-hour-you-must-post-to-bump rule. We have a small (minded) group of troublemakers here at AO, and this certainly smells of their handiwork as did the afore mentioned incident. Isn't it a shame when the "kiddies" and "little bois" attempt to ruin a wonderful site with immature pranks like this?
Im just guessing but maybe the limitation today is: "1 bump per thread per person per 5 hours" ? That would explain the amount of "Bumped Up" old threads since it would be possible to bump different threads and that way cover the front page.
Maybe a limitation like 1 "bump up" per person per 20 minutes would be better ?
~micael
Im just guessing but maybe the limitation today is: "1 bump per thread per person per 5 hours" ? That would explain the amount of "Bumped Up" old threads since it would be possible to bump different threads and that way cover the front page.
Maybe a limitation like 1 "bump up" per person per 20 minutes would be better ?
~micael
AFAIK it was always that a person can only bump the same thread once every five hours. Nothing stops people from bumping many different threads just once. JP planned to add a bump-only-if-you-posted-in-thread restriction, but that didn't seem to ever get in effect.
AFAIK it was always that a person can only bump the same thread once every five hours. Nothing stops people from bumping many different threads just once. JP planned to add a bump-only-if-you-posted-in-thread restriction, but that didn't seem to ever get in effect.
How about only being able to bump a thread if it has a reasonable amount of responses like say10 and let's say about 100 views which would indicate that their is some intrest in the post.And then again only another 50 or 100 views further being able to bump it once more, after that everybody would have had a chance to look at it and had more than enough time to respond to it.Even better only being able to bump a thread on top of that if you commented on it.
regards
v/man:)
I thought that one of the main functions of the bump button was to bump things that not everyone may have seen e.g. a question with no responses. Your idea would effectively eliminate people's ability to do this. I think micael's idea would get rid of 'bump-button abuse' most effectively - how often do you have to bump a thread anyway?Quote:
Originally posted here by vanman
How about only being able to bump a thread if it has a reasonable amount of responses like say10 and let's say about 100 views which would indicate that their is some intrest in the post.And then again only another 50 or 100 views further being able to bump it once more, after that everybody would have had a chance to look at it and had more than enough time to respond to it.Even better only being able to bump a thread on top of that if you commented on it.