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Get bumped uselessly

I dont get what everyone is over analysing here..
As I understand here - OP suggests a button for thread that bumps it... (correct me if im wrong)
But that would certainly be better then having 500 comments, 400 out of them "bump" and if I want to read what people are writing I have to sort through hours of empty "bump" comments..

Why is everyone against it ? Am I missing something ?

How would SGers find each other IRL then? Now you can easily notice people who constantly bump into everything they see and say thanks for it.

Bump?

The actual suggestion here -- offer forum users a way to bump a thread without posting a comment -- is a very good one. I'm not quite sure why so many people would be against it.

I wonder if people just don't quite understand what's being suggested?

If this were implemented, you'd basically have two options instead of one, when you find a thread that interests you.

Option A -- you don't have anything to say, you just want to keep the thread at the top.
-----> Okay, just hit the "BUMP" button.

Option B -- you DO want to say something, such as posting a giveaway link, asking a question, telling people about your cat, etc.
-----> Okay, post your comment.

I don't understand why anyone would be against this.

Some of the negative comments seem to indicate that it's "easily abused". How is it more easily abused than the current system? If you're saying that the same person could bump a thread every 30 seconds... couldn't that be done now, by someone posting a "bump" comment every 30 seconds? And couldn't a cooldown feature, where the "BUMP" button can only be used every so often, be built in?

Make the forum great again

Build a paywall and let the users pay for it :)

Bemp.

Bump

Didn't have a bumpo in a while.... bumping

I just wish I could block specific threads, like this "who's the biggest idiot of your country" or "white poeple in movies". I don't need your made-up negativity every day

Here's a possibly terrible idea...
5P - silent bump
5P - reply
50P - new discussion
...and an option to sort discussions by P spent on: only bumps, only replies, or both, in addition to the existing latest-post sort and ESGST's creation-date sort.

Yes. It's difficult to track bumping abuse, thus I can understand the naysayers, but it still would be an improvement over hundreds of simple bumps.
Regarding ESGST: there are threads which were prepared.. mostly few days ago, sometimes months ago and then re-opened. ESGST can't detect this (only as non-read discussion yet, however using this feature you would have to ensure to read every thread to notice these).

Best thing would be to get rid of 'bump' altogether, but that would most likely mean no GA's in these forums anymore ;>. I feel the biggest problem this forum and site has is the amount of users in relation to the moderation the staff can offer, with their size and the amount of time they can spend digging through all the posts and support tickets they have to deal with. It certainly would get rid of countless bump-posts, but would also leave a risk of actual discussions still getting relegated to the second or even third page... yet, wouldn't make a big difference to how it is now, so - why not, if cg decides to implement it?

Sometimes you don't even want to bump the thread, It's just to comment or reply.

Bump and bump

Awareness bump

A bump per day button.

This suggestion cannot die so here's another bump.

Before addressing the topic at hand, I want some clarification on this;

What is it that you dislike from bumping - the fact that threads stay at the top of the forum (as the screenshot suggests), or that the threads are filled with comments that do not add to the discussion (as your comments suggest)? I'm not sure I have a clear idea of what your issue with bumping is, and therefore can't formulate a meaningful reply that is relevant. I think you disapprove of the comments, not the bumping - Am I correct?

Shouldnt be better to close the thread?

Why was the account deleted?