Old Threads vs 'Already Thread there'
 

Can someone please explain something.

Members are told off and / or infracted for 'bumping old threads'.

Members are told off and / or infracted for raising new threads on subject that there are already threads about.

Isn't this confusing to say the least. If a member searches for a thread on a subject and uses that (as we are told to do, check to see if threads on a subject already exist): when they do, I often see the 'stop bumping old threads' comments.

When they start a thread which may replicate some threads even some time back, they are told, "There is already a thread on this subject".


Which 'rule' are we meant to follow?

:conf:

Only when old threads are bumped for no good reason.

i think you should stop bumping your cher thread :joker:

good post i agree :hugesmile:

I understand that. I have seen threads that have been bumped,added to for good reason and still the member is told off.

Hence the reason for the question. :)

Do you have an example? I've never seen a mod do this :suspect:

No, when someone is bumping random chat threads about what some old member had for dinner in November 2002 then it is trolling.

I think the bump 'rule silly what because its a old thread we are not aloud to talk about it :conf:

CBA ..... I've seen it happen frequently over the months otherwise I would not have posted.

Possibly.

what about ex housemate would that be ok?

hmmm okay.

No. Nobody cares about that random thread about Jade and Alex sharing a spag bol in BB3.
If it's an interesting discussion thread about a particular series and the person who bumped the thread has added something substantial to it then it's fine. If they've just added a smilie or some random "I agree" or something then it's unnecessary.

Perfect, recent example of an unnecessary bump

http://thisisbigbrother.com/forums/s...d.php?t=149989

I don't think there's much of a problem as long as the bump contributes something worthwhile to the thread.

lol i just view this but is it still a bump as the poster is not the op?

Yes..

Quote:

I see you have already had this type of look around (see all the posts in your comment above) ..... now you see how some of these threads don't have disparaging comments regarding them being bumped: and some of them do - even though some of them are definately still on topic.

Are you being a little empty headed on purpose? A "bump" is a "bump" no matter who it is that "bumped". lol

I have yet to see someone be 'told off' for bumping a thread for a reason.

They do get told off for bumping them for no reason however.

Yes but there was still no good reason something regarding BB10 to be bumped now. Even if some posts are on topic its pointless.

The OP was doing it because he knew it was annoying people.

what about this thread http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...d.php?t=171233 :conf:

your wrong as i had some very good reply and its on topic

why... perhaps others may have joined in? this year's BB has not yet started - it doesn't mean suddenly all discussion in previous years shows cannot be discussed. (otherwise it seems pretty silly to have any threads at all on previous shows?)

Vicky: next time I see it: I'll post it up here. It does happen.

What about it? :S

Arista should have been banned for that atrocity.

well that my point there nothing wrong with it yet some members will see it as a bump

Have a look at it. the same poster posting the same comment over and over and over again .... with an occasional slight variation.

Can you give me a good reason what bumping a thread about Sophie Reade running the London Marathon 2 years ago has to contribute now and what there is left to discuss on the matter?

Tbh Pyramid this thread just seems like you want to have a good moan about something.

It's not an old thread bump. Are you missing the point about the difference between bumping a discussion thread from yesterday compared to a random thread from years ago?

Although that Emma Crosby thread is just stupid and should be closed.

well if yiu read the post you would see as i said i want Sophie Reade to go in cleb bb 2011 :dance:

Still waiting for a day to go past where Pyramid doesn't find something to moan or argue about

You're entitled to your opinion Jordan, just as I am entitled to ask the question I have. Stop trying to turn it into something personal.

The comment highlighting Arista's constant bumping with nothing more to say apart from repeating: is a perfect example of my very point.

Then why not post in the appropriate "who do you want to go into CBB" thread in the relevant sub-forum?

Two very different answers :laugh:

I havent even seen that thread before actually i dont think D:

Once again Locke, you enter a thread, do not comment on the OP or what the thread is about but continue to attack me personally and are allowed to doing so constantly.

I can't comment on Michael's reply: but do you see the point I am making in respect of my own answer?

Woe is me.

i think you should lock that emma c thread now you have seen it

yes. Either harrassing a member on a personal basis continually is allowed or it's not and I shoudl be allowed to post without being constantly baited and harrassed by such members - who still have offered nothing to the actual thread other than personal attack.

Rather than it being dealt with: it allows to continue with the result that threads are simply closed - rather than dealing with the culprits.

I do. But I dont get what relevance it has to your OP actually.

I thought the point was that people shouldnt be told off for bumping threads :/

I'm a bit lost with the whole thing tbh :p

I know that but you must be able to see the difference in bumping a thread about someone running a marathon years ago compared to something like the Word Association thread being bumped? Also you're getting at the point mods complain when old threads are bumped yet haven't shown us any clear example of this happening.

& with Arista he bumps tv discussion threads, its not his fault no one cares :laugh: