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Digging/bumping old threads
This is a discussion on Digging/bumping old threads within the Suggestions and Complaints forums, part of the General category; I was quite annoyed today when the New Posts search function brought up a large number of old/dead threads. I ...
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05-27-09, 07:36 PM
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| Platinum Member  |  Digging/bumping old threads I was quite annoyed today when the New Posts search function brought up a large number of old/dead threads. I request each and every one of you not to bump such old threads. If I see that happening, I will ban the id for 7 days. Hope you understand the reason behind this.
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05-27-09, 07:39 PM
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| Aadhavan is Coming  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Leaving Chennai Age: 26
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Rep Power: 10   | The only solution to avoid this again is to close all the OLD THREADS. I know its a bit tough job... |
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05-27-09, 07:42 PM
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| but we didn't have this problem while the last contest was going on ? Quote:
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05-27-09, 07:47 PM
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| I bumped only one old thread today. http://www.indiabroadband.net/hollyw...-all-time.html (Best mystery movie of all time?) I used to post movie reviews in this thread. Saw a good mystery movie recently. Thought of sharing it. Didnt want to open a separate thread for that. I am sorry. would keep it in mind from now on. |
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05-27-09, 07:56 PM
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| Platinum Member | The main reason not to bump old/dead threads is that, the search results get skewed. Some important threads that need better attention (especially tech threads) get missed. I am fairly regular. In the afternoon, I looked at quite a few threads, and (if I remember correctly), I thought that I had left with about 90+ threads still unread. When I logged in the evening today (after a 2 or 3 hours), I found that that the number had risen dramatically to 170+. This gives the suspicion that someone was spamming. But there was no spamming. Instead old threads came up first on the search results. |
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05-27-09, 07:57 PM
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05-27-09, 08:06 PM
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| May I present this link now? Prevent bumping old Threads - vBulletin.org Forum I was afraid of bumping my own old thread now. http://www.indiabroadband.net/sugges...dband-net.html (Add-ons or Mods Suggestions for Indiabroadband.net) I can't betray j4x  , and I won't be able to bear a 7 day ban from IBB. |
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05-27-09, 09:56 PM
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05-27-09, 11:04 PM
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| Platinum Member  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In my Castle
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Rep Power: 7 | Say if we forget to give an update on an old thread, then what? Or if someone new comes to the forum, and they go to an old thread which is relevant to what they want? I suppose this has no affect to old thread which are still active, does it? |
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05-27-09, 11:09 PM
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I am not saying that you cannot update an old thread at any time. But one must take a sound and calculated judgement. p/s. The thread starter has full right to update the old thread (however old) - anytime and any number of times. Today, all sorts of old threads got updated. | |
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05-27-09, 11:14 PM
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| Yes i agree, today even i too posted in some very old threads which were of the time when i was not even a member too... though i did not dig up any thread but posted after it has been brought up, i am also in the HIT list, sorry mate, will take care of that from now. Thanks for the Info |
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05-27-09, 11:18 PM
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| so pulling up one or two threads is not a problem hmmm |
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05-27-09, 11:41 PM
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Update the thread only if there is something REALLY useful as a contribution. | |
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05-27-09, 11:49 PM
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| @j4k, was this ok then? http://www.indiabroadband.net/sugges...tml#post160652 (Digging/bumping old threads) |
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