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Posted by: Recon Number 54
Posted by: Styles P
This is bumping.
It's also in violation of another rule, double posting. Well in this case, triple.
Oh and it seems everyone has forgotten what "Bump" really stands for, "Bring Up My Post" It's clearly against "forum law" since it's a cheap way to get your thread seen even though it is dead. It's also a way to get a high post count sometimes in other forums.
When using the reveal tool to show the posts of banned members, I don't see any bumping. I see replies and counter replies.
That is one of the few downsides to our practice of hiding the posts of blacklisted members, without quoting, what was a discussion can appear to be a monologue. I get lots of reports of bumping in the file forums, but when I use "reveal" I sometimes see that the 5 posts in a row by the OP, were actually individual replies to comments made by members who were blacklisted elsewhere.
It's an easy mistake to make, especially without having the tools to see past the veil.
This is why I think it would be nice to have even one extra line break or something just to indicate that a user had posted there previously. Especially now, with the report as spam feature.
[Edited on 01.09.2008 9:04 PM PST]