Hey, I was wondering if there could be some discussion of the bump rule in the
marketplace section.
I think that in addition to the 24 hour per thread limit, there should be some sort of limit on how often a user can bump multiple threads. This is a problem because some users have 5+ active threads that they will bump at once, leading to a lot of clutter. At times the first 10 topics are only from 2 or 3 different people. I think a 2 thread per 1 hour limit on bumping would be reasonable, since it would solve the problem while still allowing people to have multiple active threads. This rule wouldn't even apply to most people, since it is rare to have more than 2 marketplace threads at once.
Yeah, this can be silly when people bump their threads daily for months with clearly very little likelihood of making a sale. I think a better option for those with multiple listings would be to create one thread with links to all their listings and bump that instead of all the others individually (and/or stick the link to your thread in your signature). I made a couple of suggestions in the staff forum recently for changes to the bump rule such as banning manual bumping and adding a bump button which will push your thread to the top without having to post and it will only let you use it once per 24 hours. Also possibly limiting the total amount of bumps you can make could be a good idea (
maybe something like 30 before you can no longer make any more bumps).
This would make it so people who offer things for sale that change often would not be able to bump long before they have sold everything. I have probably bumped by account selling thread well over 100 times, and the information contained has probably changed close to as many times. The point is that the exact item being sold could potentially change multiple times or the inventory/prices may change multiple times over several months.
Additionally it would hurt people offering various services, like escrow, as they would only be able to bump their thread once every three days over three months before not being able to bump it anymore.
I do like the idea of a bump button verses bumping a thread with a post, although it would need to be able to be customized somewhat in order to give some level of an update.
I think the rules regarding bumping auction threads should also be clarified as many people tend to bump auction threads multiple times per day giving how much time is left in the auction - it should also be noted that auction posts cannot be edited so the author of an auction is not able to edit their posts in order to give an update
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