Should GFY Block Old Threads From Being Bumped?

**Barefootsies** · 07-30-2012, 08:37 AM

Yes they should.

Some idiot troll gets butthurt, and then goes about bumping 20 threads. It clutters up the forum with bullshit.

**PR_Glen** · 07-30-2012, 08:37 AM

depends on the use.. bumping an old one to continue or update on a specific topic i can understand, but bumping old spam threads is a pain in the ass and this one guy doing it should be told to knock it off.

**Barefootsies** · 07-30-2012, 08:38 AM

Originally posted by PR_Glen

depends on the use.. bumping an old one to continue or update on a specific topic i can understand, but bumping old spam threads is a pain in the ass and this one guy doing it should be told to knock it off.

...or huckleberried for their pleasure.

It's usually someone previously banned, or a fake nick anyway doing it 9 of 10 times.

**alf6300** · 07-30-2012, 08:40 AM

Agree 85% of cases. There are 15% of old threads, though, that are worth/informative/interesting/fun to be bumped.
Second page would be fine but it could make things unnecessary complicated (never seen a forum with such a rule, I am not sure how it would look like).

I see the point, but one of the good things of GFY is that it has something like 3 simple rules, the rest is community driven and community-enforced.

**Freaky_Akula** · 07-30-2012, 08:48 AM

No, but the trolls that bump them for fun should be banned.

**Sarah_Jayne** · 07-30-2012, 08:55 AM

I agree that it depends on the thread. There are some educational threads that are worth bumping. The 'spam me' threads from two years ago are not.

**Freaky_Akula** · 07-30-2012, 09:00 AM

And all Paul Markham's threads should be blocked from being bumped.

**wehateporn** · 07-30-2012, 09:06 AM

Made a note in my diary to bump this 5 years from now

**sojproductions** · 07-30-2012, 09:11 AM

they could still be bumped but anything with a start date of over 1 year should be flagged via an icon or something, that would be better.

**JFK** · 07-30-2012, 09:23 AM

mutiple old thread bumping is a pain in the ass, when some idiot bumps 10 posts. On the other hand there are some creative bumps, which are fun. Let's not forget the name of this place

**Buff** · 07-30-2012, 09:24 AM

Most of you don't want the stupid shit you say and stupid predictions you've made to come back to haunt you. I say fuck that. Nothing wrong with bumping old threads.

**michael.kickass** · 07-30-2012, 09:25 AM

It doesn't make much sense to bump old threads IMHO.

**sarettah** · 07-30-2012, 09:33 AM

A compromise could be to show the date the thread was started alongside the last post date so that we could see that it is an old thread before clicking into it.

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**Barefootsies** · 07-30-2012, 09:44 AM

Originally posted by sarettah

A compromise could be to show the date the thread was started alongside the last post date so that we could see that it is an old thread before clicking into it.

That is making the ASSuption that someone did a search, and is posting in it, because of some random educational value. Which, as you and I both know, is not the case most of the time. Most of those being bumped are to troll someone because the bumper is butthurt.

As for citing some thread and bullshit predictions from years gone by, do you not know how to post a link?

Should GFY Block Old Threads From Being Bumped?

Should GFY Block Old Threads From Being Bumped?

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