Topic: Bumping old threads or topics? (Topic not updated) (Read 317 times)

It's not far from this and most times doesn't end in the ambling boards but a lot of other boards on the forum too. Though, I do feel there are some unaware newbies that effortlessly bump these dead horse threads with hopes to revive it. One thing that marvels me is how, though they don't seem to be conscious of the rule and still claims not to have seen the caption in red that emphatically warns on the possibility of bumping an old thread.

Perhaps some threads should, threads like use of the trust system by LoyceV, bitcointalk or crypto terminologies of some sort, etc. Threads that deals directly in the forum and can't be stressed enough in the crypto space.  Otherwise, the case should be left to lay low.

as far as I've noticed, they (newbies) usually do it to promote some of their links/website/services.
they probably came up with some results through a google search, so they want to leave a link to their website. it is part of the SEO strategy and building backlinks on a relevant themes from high domain authority websites such as bitcointalk.org.

I guess none of these newbies will come to this section to read advice about necroposting.
I regularly report such posts to moderators, if someone paid for it, I'm very sorry.

I have noticed one trend about newbies and bumping old thread, ok starts with a -Newbie- for reasons best know to him, goes to bump a very old and probably under the sea thread the next thing that follows straight up is another -Newbies- who just saw a thread on the starting page then goes on the write something then it becomes a -Newbie- playing field.

It's rather simple really. His signature campaign requires posts to be made in the gambling boards. He is writing those low-effort things making a remark about the design of the site or the speed of the casino, offering some advice and things he doesn't like. And he keeps repeating and recycling the same posts all the time. He easily meets his posting quota because the gambling board is difficult to moderate for the admins due to the sheer amount of posts and spam, and because not many people report rule offenders in the gambling boards, I would assume.

That's a good catch bro and I don't know what's the reason why they bum old threads even though they already know the forum rules.
But to those newbies who bump an old thread, I think that they are not new in the forum cause they will know how to quote the topics, where's the topic located.
A few newbies are doing this kind of issue 3-5 post   from olds topics.

One user that keeps doing that in a very annoying fashion is SmokerFace. It's probably got to do with his acceptance in the 1xBit signature campaign. He is basically replying similar, generic, and low-effort posts in multiple ANN threads of casinos in the gambling board. Many of those replies end with him wishing the site good luck and stuff like that.

Here are just a few examples of what I am talking about:

Bump I need more clarification about this kind of issues.

As mentioned above it depends on the thread, for example, if the thread contains asking information about the rules of the forum, how to rank up, how to earn merit, this is a common thread created a long time ago and it is already answered why you should bump this kind of Thread? What is your main purpose?

That's why some high ranks users here in the forum got angry at that user who's continued Spamming their reply. So we can't blame them if they will teach a lesson to that user spamming old threads all they do is for the sake of the forum.



Thanks for the link mate for sure many newbies/older users are much educated in terms of replying to a thread.

You can IF

• You can not find answers in the topic or else in the forum. And if you are interested in a same question in that topic, you can bump it to ask for newest answers from forum members.
• You have something new to update that old topic. In this case, it would be much appreciated.

Overally, should or should not bump old topics, it depends but remember to DYOR before you bumping it.

This is very reasonable of you I must confess.
I am surprised and confused about the rule of bumping posts in this forum.
I even saw some people blaming some users that replies to a bump post.
When I was a newbie I faced this harassment of bumping an old thread. Come to think of it, my harraser was wrong.
Some newbies get to this threads through forum search and they might not know anything as bumping rule and will just comment on them. I think they shouldn't be crucified.

from my perspective newbies don't really bump a thread knowingly, they just communicate or comments on a thread that will be of benefit to them, and also learn from old thread after reading all. And if they eventually ask questions from what they read, it's obvious that they will definitely get response.

No, if someone comment on your thread it's very obvious that the thread will come up without the awareness of the person that create the thread, so any body can comment on a thread that has been created over three years now. So a situation whereby a thread is old and nobody can see it and comment, op can choose to bump it up if really he or her want it to be seen again. So I'm using this medium to recapitulate that any user can bump a thread. But it actually come unknowingly.

I normally just report the necrobumping post, provided I believe it is unwarranted. Sometimes a bunch of posts may indeed be added after the said post, and even be on-topic and interesting. The mod may, or may not, delete the subsequent posts regardless of whether they were reported or not (I figure he looks at the context within the thread). I’ve seen both things happen: just the necrobumping post get deleted but leaving subsequent posts, or an array of subsequent posts getting deleted too. Down to context and mod’s criteria I figure.

In any case, if any subsequent post is per-se worthy of being reported (i.e. unsubstantial), it can logically be reported too.

IMHO, Old topic should not be bump especially if it is inactive for more than a month or so unless the thread topic asking for a specific question that remain unanswered or a prediction thread that needs to be update for the result. Actually necro bumping is frequent since last month especially those newbie spreading referral link for scam cloud mining website on mining board.

Let's just help moderator to clean this mess by clicking the report button when we see this kind of activity. We can't educate everyone here especially newbie to read the rules first before posting here. Some of them read rules after they received punishment. smh  

just curious should I also report the post of the member who posted after the one who necrobump the thread?

anyway, have anyone noticed the sudden surge of necrobumping happening in politics and society board. not sure if this is the norm in that board but I noticed a number of newbie account necro bumping several threads on that board.

here are some topics that have been necrobump. note that these threads have been necrobumped by only one account. if you checked the P&S right now you'll easily find threads that have been necrobump by a newbie recently.
The black blockchain summit
IS DEMOCRACY THE BEST OPTION FOR GOVERNANCE?
Re: Is marriage a kind of punishment?
true egyptian pharaohs and gods where not humanlike

this Thread  is almost 3 years old here in forum and the creator is not even active, so the reply goes to nothing.  I think this Thread is in the page between 10-20  in meta but someone found and bump this Thread without thinking that it's a good choice to create a new Thread like this than to bump.


thanks for the tips I will do that if I encounter the same issue again.

Any topic that has not been replied for the last 120 days, you will get a red alert, so unless you have a compelling reason, it is better to create a new topic and quote parts of that topic.
Therefore, there is no specific period during which we can say that the topic is old, but 120 days is sufficient, and therefore all responses should be considered spam unless they are convincing.

As long as the reply is still relevant, I personally won't report it. The average users who reply to old threads are those who found them via search engines (mostly new users). Maybe they found some answers from that thread and created new questions with replies to get more satisfying answers than the existing ones.

After all, replying to a topic is easier than creating a new topic.

Except they somehow missed a big ass warning that the thread has not been posted in for the last 120 days, they probably know how old the thread is and that it's not very active anymore.
Users could still bump threads after a long time of no activity if the discussion is still relevant or very necessary at the present time and more users should get to read it. They could also bump in because it is related to something they are interested in and wouldn't want to make a new topic when there is an existing discussion.

Users can also bump oldish threads created by them, sometimes in the hope to get (more) merits for them, but more commonly it is done so the message reaches a wider, newer audience.

If you do come across an bump you feel is not relevant, you can always report that to the mods for them to take action.

There are some newbie accounts bumping some few month/year old threads as of late around here. Not that the replies are too distant from the core topic (they don’t really add much either), and my guess is that they’re easy pic topics to comment in.

The general idea would be to bump (by adding a post) an oldish topic if the added post is relevant to the thread. I’d say that the older the thread is, the more relevant the post should be to the topic, rather than a generic this and that that, whilst being on topic, may lead to confusion by resurfacing old information in the prior posts within the thread.
Often it’s clearer to start a new thread afresh, especially if the thread is old (as opposed to oldish), and the post to create is not tightly associated to the ongoing conversation on the thread that would be bumped, even if it is conceptually on-topic.

The example provided by @Tuesdaynight is kind of the verge. A one year old is not really that old, but the content of the post is on the lower limit of being on-topic/relevant.

I’ve often reported posts for necrobumping threads just to spam or add nothing of real value. The timeframe related necrobumping would vary from one person to another, but clearly, I’d apply it to threads with a couple of years of innavtivity and above.

maybe you missed this an
example of old thread according to your question
I quote to avoid plagiarism