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Bumping vs RePosting
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:27 pm
by xTheProphetx
When the 1 week period comes around, I'm a bit unclear, is that when it's OK to bump your thread or to repost it? After a week of inactivity, I did a bump for a trading thread I have but it didn't actually change the position of the post. Is it ok to just re-post it? Is that what I'm supposed to do?
This is a question relating to this rule:
Rule #13: Ad Posting & "Post Bumping"
Please note that Bartertown users are limited to one topic/ad per forum per seven calendar days.
For those of you who don't understand this: Look at a calendar. If I post an ad on 3 July in the 40k forum I may not repost an ad to that forum until 10 July. That is seven calendar days. It's a legal term.
If you've got items that fit into multiple categories, you may cross-post given the stricture above. You may update your ad as you see fit provided your purpose is not to attempt any form of bumping.
Updating an ad is not bumping if there have been changes made to the inventory or pricing presented in the ad. It is bumping if "hey i still have this stuff available" is all that's written, or something to that extent.
And actually, now that I read it again, what I did wasn't actually a bump, as I had a big change in what was being offered for sale/trade.
Anyway, the simple question: If I have a trade ad that has not changed, after 7 days is it ok to re-post the exact same ad or should I only post a "this stuff is still available" bump to the current thread?
thanks
xTPx
Re: Bumping vs RePosting
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:36 pm
by gpfredette
Good day,
After the seven days are up it is OK to repost your ad.
The boards do not 'bump' so if you edit/update your post it will remain where it was on the original forum.
In fact 'bumping' is against the rules and could earn you a board warning, a snarky/sarcastic reply to your post, depending on which staff member finds it.
For your reference Rule #13:
Rule #13: Ad Posting & "Post Bumping"
Please note that Bartertown users are limited to one topic/ad per forum per seven calendar days.
For those of you who don't understand this: Look at a calendar. If I post an ad on 3 July in the 40k forum I may not repost an ad to that forum until 10 July. That is seven calendar days. It's a legal term.
Example:
Let's say I have some LOTR Riders of Rohan I want to get rid of and other miscellaneous stuff from WHFB and 40K. I can post an ad with those items together in the LOTR, WHFB and 40K forums. Seven calendar days later, I can post another ad with the same items OR I can edit the ad at any time.
What I can't do is relist the items every day in each forum.
Helpful Hint: The idea here is to prevent excessive promotion of one's trade/sale items or discussion topics. Users are prohibited via software from making more than one new topic per seven days, but there are other ways to self-promote. It's awkward wording, but "post bumping" is a term understood by the greatest number of people.
If you've got items that fit into multiple categories, you may cross-post given the stricture above. You may update your ad as you see fit provided your purpose is not to attempt any form of bumping.
Updating an ad is not bumping if there have been changes made to the inventory or pricing presented in the ad. It is bumping if "hey i still have this stuff available" is all that's written, or something to that extent.
Interest shown in an ad is not bumping. If you see something posted a few days ago that catches your fancy (and it's not your ad!) replying is not bumping.
Hope this helps explain the issue a little bit.
Thank you,
Re: Bumping vs RePosting
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:48 pm
by xTheProphetx
good to go, thanks. \o
Re: Bumping vs RePosting
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:20 pm
by MagickalMemories
To be fair, if you wait a week and "bump" the post, you'll likely just get a tiny bit of jovial smart-assery, with a reminder akin to what Gerry said above. If you do it in LESS tha7, that's when we'll be all "Grrrrr" about it.
If you are simply updating your list, that's okay at any appropriate time.
Like Gerry said, though... after 7 days, just pop up a new ad.
Eric
Re: Bumping vs RePosting
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:07 pm
by xTheProphetx
Great, thanks gents.