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Staff here has to delete way too many posts that break this rule. I thought I’d create this thread (as adding the info to a sticky would be useless), which will help explain the rule and/or kick-off a great Friday Night Fight discussion.
First, the intent is imply to allow everybody a shot at/near the top of the list. It’s that simple.
The rule itself is very simple, or at least it is to me. Do not bump a thread until it’s been inactive for 24-hours. A couple notes:
1. That doesn’t mean once a day
2. Look at the last post in the thread…if it wasn’t posted at least 24 hours ago, don’t bump the thread.
3. “I’ll take it” posted in your thread holds absolutely zero weight. Same goes for “PM sent”, “trade offer sent”, etc. So there’s no reason to post “still available” until 24-hours have elapsed.
4. Some of you bump every couple days, or after a week or two, or even after months go buy. That’s fine. At least one of you bumps threads as close to the 24-hour mark as possible…sometimes for 10+ days in a row, without dropping the price or adding other incentives. Seems useless to me, but it’s not against any rule.
5. If you forget something, just add it to the original post.
6. While you’re not supposed to delete an ad if an item is Sold here on CFF, deleted previous bumps in an effort to clean up your ad is perfectly acceptable. Just be aware we can see deleted posts…so deleting a previous one and then bumping it early isn’t going to work. 😝
So….if you’ve had a post deleted and the reason in the message was “violation of 24hr bump rule”, hopefully that helps explain it. I’ll assume that some of you interpreted it as once a day, and others assumed other posts in your thread didn’t count against the clock. But if you go back to the intent of the rule, I hope this post clears it up. Just trying to have BST sections that ar as fair as possible.
And yes, sometimes you post early, but we don’t see it until after the 24-hour time has passed…but those are still going to get deleted once they’re spotted/reported. 😎
Staff here has to delete way too many posts that break this rule. I thought I’d create this thread (as adding the info to a sticky would be useless), which will help explain the rule and/or kick-off a great Friday Night Fight discussion.
First, the intent is imply to allow everybody a shot at/near the top of the list. It’s that simple.
The rule itself is very simple, or at least it is to me. Do not bump a thread until it’s been inactive for 24-hours. A couple notes:
1. That doesn’t mean once a day
2. Look at the last post in the thread…if it wasn’t posted at least 24 hours ago, don’t bump the thread.
3. “I’ll take it” posted in your thread holds absolutely zero weight. Same goes for “PM sent”, “trade offer sent”, etc. So there’s no reason to post “still available” until 24-hours have elapsed.
4. Some of you bump every couple days, or after a week or two, or even after months go buy. That’s fine. At least one of you bumps threads as close to the 24-hour mark as possible…sometimes for 10+ days in a row, without dropping the price or adding other incentives. Seems useless to me, but it’s not against any rule.
5. If you forget something, just add it to the original post.
6. While you’re not supposed to delete an ad if an item is Sold here on CFF, deleted previous bumps in an effort to clean up your ad is perfectly acceptable. Just be aware we can see deleted posts…so deleting a previous one and then bumping it early isn’t going to work. 😝
So….if you’ve had a post deleted and the reason in the message was “violation of 24hr bump rule”, hopefully that helps explain it. I’ll assume that some of you interpreted it as once a day, and others assumed other posts in your thread didn’t count against the clock. But if you go back to the intent of the rule, I hope this post clears it up. Just trying to have BST sections that ar as fair as possible.
And yes, sometimes you post early, but we don’t see it until after the 24-hour time has passed…but those are still going to get deleted once they’re spotted/reported. 😎
