Why the ban on thread bumping?

Discussion in 'Trade Talk' started by DrWalterWhite, Mar 7, 2012.

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  1. DrWalterWhite

    DrWalterWhite Initiate (0) Jan 25, 2012 Illinois

    I'm curious. I just saw someone got a "warning" in the ISO:FT forum for bumping his thread.

    What is the logic behind this? If he made up some reason for responding to this thread like "getting a lot of inquiries about x but I'm not interested in x" would that be okay, even though it accomplishes the same thing as a bump?

    Is making a whole new posting really preferable to a bump? Because I think that is what is going to start happening if this is enforced.

    The fact of the matter is, people look at the forums at different times of the day, and the forum moves so fast that many offers get buried before potentially interested traders can see them.
     
    #1 DrWalterWhite, Mar 7, 2012
  2. Mavajo

    Mavajo Initiate (0) Feb 10, 2007 Georgia

    I'm with you. Live and let live, IMO. But that doesn't really seem to be the motto around here.
     
    #2 Mavajo, Mar 7, 2012
  3. ShogoKawada

    ShogoKawada Initiate (0) May 31, 2009 Pennsylvania

    if you're not adding any aditional info, what's the point? Soon we will have 100 threads all 'bumped' and 'bumped again' and 'bumped for the PM crowd' and 'bumped for the AM crowd' and 'Bumped for another viewing' etc etc.

    Meanwhile, the people who post their threads normally have theirs buried in an avalanche of meaningless bumps.
     
    #3 ShogoKawada, Mar 7, 2012
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  4. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    What Shogo said. No bumping. Simple rule. Follow it. Thanks. /end
     
    #4 Todd, Mar 7, 2012
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