Bumping Topics

AzlynRose · **Posted:** April 17th, 2012, 12:50 pm

I know HW doesn't want people bumping topics with one-word replies. I completely agree with this. So anyway, I was in reading a topic in Character Development, and noticed a option right next to 'Email Topic' that read 'Bump Topic'. Wondering what it was, I clicked it, and it took me to a 'You have successfully bumped this topic' page. I was like

"I didn't mean to do that!" Now I am even more mystified, because going back to the topic, the 'bump' button is gone. Looking at the moderator logs, me accidentally bumping the topic is recorded. Any one have an explanation for this?

I am very confused. The button was there, because I clicked it and bumped a thread. Attached is a screen shot of the logged entry of me bumping it.

I'm very sorry about bumping it, folks.

I didn't mean too.

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

Aliza Rose Mimetes wrote:

I'm very sorry about bumping it, folks.

I didn't mean too.

That's okay.

Now we just have to wait for someone with knowledge of the mechanism in question to explain it.

Jay Lakewood · **Posted:** April 17th, 2012, 4:45 pm

Bumping topics just shoves the topic up to the top of the first page of the list of topics -- I'm pretty certain of that, anyway.

AzlynRose · **Posted:** April 17th, 2012, 5:57 pm

Etvochae Kondrael wrote:

Bumping topics just shoves the topic up to the top of the first page of the list of topics -- I'm pretty certain of that, anyway.

Yes, that is what it did. It said I was the last to post in the Forge even though I wasn't. I don't know why I could see the bumping button then it was gone after... Or why it was there in the first place.

Lady Elanor · **Posted:** April 17th, 2012, 6:00 pm

In Hannah's Tech Support write ups, she says:

Hannah Marie wrote:

The final forum option sometimes available for use is bumping a topic. We currently have this feature disabled on the forums and highly discourage any type of generic ‘bump’ post simply for the purpose of making a topic more viewable within an individual forum. If you wish to have to have a topic to be more visible, respond to it with a quality post containing thoughtful comments and insight. If the post contains a one word form entirely for the purpose of bumping the topic, we will delete the said post and contact you with an encouragement to refrain from such activity in the future.

So, I think it's supposed to be disabled; the option is there but it shouldn't work.

Lady Eruwaedhiel · **Posted:** April 17th, 2012, 8:18 pm

But I thought what Hannah said meant that users weren't allowed to post one-word bumps. I never saw the "bump topic" button before, though I can see it now. Are we not allowed to use this option either?

EDIT: Upon investigation, it seems to only push the topic to the top of the forum it's in, but it does not post there, at least to my knowledge. I went and looked at who had posted last in the Village after I bumped one and it wasn't me.

This could be very useful...

AzlynRose · **Posted:** April 17th, 2012, 9:40 pm

Lady Elanor Mimetes wrote:

Hannah Marie wrote:

The final forum option sometimes available for use is bumping a topic. We currently have this feature disabled on the forums and highly discourage any type of generic ‘bump’ post simply for the purpose of making a topic more viewable within an individual forum. If you wish to have to have a topic to be more visible, respond to it with a quality post containing thoughtful comments and insight. If the post contains a one word form entirely for the purpose of bumping the topic, we will delete the said post and contact you with an encouragement to refrain from such activity in the future.

So, I think it's supposed to be disabled; the option is there but it shouldn't work.

So I should not have been able to see it and it shouldn't have worked?

Eleutheria Mimetes wrote:

But I thought what Hannah said meant that users weren't allowed to post one-word bumps. I never saw the "bump topic" button before, though I can see it now. Are we not allowed to use this option either?

EDIT: Upon investigation, it seems to only push the topic to the top of the forum it's in, but it does not post there, at least to my knowledge. I went and looked at who had posted last in the Village after I bumped one and it wasn't me.

This could be very useful...

I don't think we are supposed to use it. Yeah, the button pushes the thread to the top of the forum without making a post. Not sure if that is good or not...

Mistress Kidh · **Posted:** June 13th, 2012, 4:52 am

Is this resolved? * is slightly concerned * Are we supposed to use that, and are we supposed to have it?

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** June 13th, 2012, 9:37 am

No. For the same reason we do not post "bump", we do not use the bump topic button. We want people to post a response, or give a quality addition to the subject, or ask a question. That is what we are encouraging.

As to if you can see it... E?

AzlynRose · **Posted:** June 13th, 2012, 9:43 am

It was very strange, because I only ever saw that button to bump it once, and I haven't seen it since.

Andrew Amnon Mimetes · **Joined:** May 14th, 2010, 4:43 am **Posts:** 4458

Mods, this can be locked and archived.

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