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This is the first time I'm attempting to bump an ad of mine that's gotten old (about a week and a half old now). I'm pretty sure that commenting on it will bump it back up, but does editing the post bump it also?

Bumping is against the rules. If your ad is a week old start a new one.

luke1705 wrote:This is the first time I'm attempting to bump an ad of mine that's gotten old (about a week and a half old now). I'm pretty sure that commenting on it will bump it back up, but does editing the post bump it also?

Bumping, for the sake of bumping it up in the thread lists, is expressly prohibited and will result in your thread being locked, exasperated swearing by the staff, bad karma, and potential suspensions for multiple offenses, so do not do it.

UPDATING your original post, and then posting in your thread indicating that the OP was updated and what the nature of the updates is, IS permitted.

You may, as the imp says, also start a new thread entirely if it is more than a week old.

My bad. I figured I could just bump it once a week in lieu of creating a new ad. No problem just creating a new one though. Thanks for the clarification.

luke1705 wrote:My bad. I figured I could just bump it once a week in lieu of creating a new ad.

The only way you could have "figured" that is if you have not read the rules.

viewtopic.php?f=44&t=45470

Please read them now.

Trade forums here have the "bumping to the first page" option turned off, so if you do edit and post an Updated Post bump, it will not migrate the ad to the front anyhow.

All it will do is show up in the "feed" of those members who have BTown set to only show them new posts... a relatively small subset of our member base.
You're just better off to repost every 7 days.


Eric