Time Limit on Bumps

[iowadawg]

Currently to bump a thread, one has to wait 24 hours.
And then another 24 hours, ad nauseum.

Thus a lot of threads that are just the original poster bumping every single day it seems.

Could it be possible to change that rule to a bump every 7 days?

 

[Blake]

Now the main Idea I agree with there are way too many folks with 20+ bumps on the same thread. Although I think 7 days is a huge amount of time perhaps 2-3 days would be more suited and help things stay fresh with postings? Just a thought.......but I do agree too many bump posts clogging up the sales areas etc.

 

[dninspire]

Prime Example: 32 replies ALL from OP....

http://www.namepros.com/domains-for...rity-us-bankrefinance-us-more-alldomains.html

 

[Michelle]

I can see your point but would it be any better if the op made a new thread every 24 hours? . I think once every 7 days would not work either as people may feel they had to make auctions longer then 7 days.

Maybe a bump limit of 3 days and if no response after 3 24 hour bumps then the thread could be closed and you would only be able to re-post the same name once every 7 days?

Lots of work there for mods though to keep an eye on what is already a very busy job

Just some food for thought

 

[iowadawg]

How about someone who must update their thread each day because they updated their site?
http://www.namepros.com/for-sale-advertising-board/670730-20-000-expired-domain-names-updated.html

The above would be like me opening a thread about one of my blogs and then every day I post, I bump up the thread.

If a post or the site says, updated daily, I think most people would know that and do not need a daily reminder on the forum.

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I can see your point but would it be any better if the op made a new thread every 24 hours? . I think once every 7 days would not work either as people may feel they had to make auctions longer then 7 days.

Maybe a bump limit of 3 days and if no response after 3 24 hour bumps then the thread could be closed and you would only be able to re-post the same name once every 7 days?

Lots of work there for mods though to keep an eye on what is already a very busy job

Just some food for thought

This is the way I look at it.
If your thread is still on page one of the forum it is in, then why bump to get to the top every day?
And for auction threads?
To bump each day begging people to bid is to me just dumb.

 

[Michelle]

To bump each day begging people to bid is to me just dumb.

Not everyone visits every day

Not saying there is a wrong or right here just throwing in some suggestions.. Maybe there should be a no bump rule full stop

 

[TheBaldOne]

Actually I sympathise with the OP, but having been a 'culprit' of bumping myself there is often a good reason. For instance many members I am sure only read 'new posts', and unless they went through a particular forum the last time they visited NP they will not know of any posts made prior to their last visit.

Also, there is the question of 'time urgency', here a post may be made for an external auction, surely it is a benefit that the OP is allowed to post 'reminders'? Imagine someone pushing an offer on Sedo to auction, this can mean an auction lasting between 2 and less than 7 days, in such a situation the proposal would mean that only one post would be permitted!

Of course there is the time requirement upon members such a proposal would impose. Basically it would mean that members would be expected to sit in front of their computers and read every post for the past week to see if there was anything of note! This would be undoable and many posts would go by never being viewed.

But if something isn't broken then sometimes it is better to not try fixing it!

I would suggest a poll of all members should occur before any such proposed change is decided upon.

Just my 2 cents worth.

 

[DomainMagnate]

imho 1 day is reasonable, but there should be a limit on how many bumps you can do in a thread.

Many "sellers" don't realize that if you bump your thread 20 times and there are no other posts in it then any buyer would automatically understand that no one here is interested in your domains.. so better create another thread after several bumps with no replies

 

[dninspire]

imho 1 day is reasonable, but there should be a limit on how many bumps you can do in a thread.

Many "sellers" don't realize that if you bump your thread 20 times and there are no other posts in it then any buyer would automatically understand that no one here is interested in your domains.. so better create another thread after several bumps with no replies

:bingo:

 

[SlimPickins]

this whole "bump" issue has been something I have wondered about quite a bit, partially as a now & then culprit, sometimes as a simply annoyed viewer of the same "ignored" thread being continuously bumped and mostly out of curiosity about how the system can be improved.

In comparison to DNF's staunch "anti-bump" policy, the "bump as often as you like after 24 hours" approach here seems to be often abused. However, I have also noticed that on DNF "some" people do exactly as mellowmasher mentioned and simply close and reopen similar threads (with rotating domains in title) every few days or juggle the same domains between the "make offer" and "fixed price" forums over and over.... which seems MUCH more annoying and spammy to me than even a daily bump.

I have also noticed several threads here on NP with MANY bumps from the OP without ANY posts from anyone else and wonder how long until they either 1) "get it" and close the thread 2) do something drastic (ie lower the prices noone biting at STILL to prompt some interest or 3) someone chimes in with some constructive/honest/sarcastic/annoyed post pointing out the fact that NOONE is interested in these domains at these prices....

I guess I see the ideal rules being somewhat different per forum. For fixed-price threads, no bumps unless there is an x% drop in price. For make offer threads, maybe the 24 hour rule is fine, but with a CAP of 3-5 bumps by OP before it is locked. For auctions, I think that (assuming the starting price is justified by the domain in the reseller market) auction threads, since bids MUST be posted, get enough action to keep them current that no bumps are warranted at all, except maybe 1 prior to auction ending to give a last minute chance to those that might have missed the thread..... this of course gets a bit slippery when a thread has multiple domain on auction ending at different times and would have to be hashed out a bit.

All in all, I think that a middle ground between the current rules here, and those on DNF, would be great.

 

[DomainMagnate]

Also want to mention that while it's somewhat annoying I really admire the persistence and patience of people bumping their sales for 30 times in a row with no other replies, I know I'd get discouraged and give up quickly

Just think about how patient a domainer has to be to come here every day for a month, check his sales thread, see that there were no replies and no interest whatsover and still bump it up day after day.

 

[Alex P]

Well I only check new posts to see what people are selling, so a lot of people may miss out totally on getting a lot of views to there threads. Also when I was selling my site I bump'd it and everyday would get a offer or 2 right after the bump but non later until I bump'd it again.

I don't see a problem all of us just was to sell our domains right?

 

[NPQueen]

Thanks for the input on this, I will bring it up at one of our upcoming meetings.

~Rachel

 

[info]

Currently to bump a thread, one has to wait 24 hours.
And then another 24 hours, ad nauseum.

Thus a lot of threads that are just the original poster bumping every single day it seems.

Could it be possible to change that rule to a bump every 7 days?

 

[johnn]

Suggestions:
- Bump: Allow once 24 per hours - 4 bumps max
- You cannot close an existing thread and open a new one with the same name(s) within 5 days (in another word, you have to wait for 5 days if you want to create a new thread with the same name(s))
- "sold", "closed" thread are not allowed to bump. No one care if you close your thread or sold the name(s) so why post to bump the thread?

 

[d-e-x]

Currently to bump a thread, one has to wait 24 hours.
And then another 24 hours, ad nauseum.

Thus a lot of threads that are just the original poster bumping every single day it seems.

Could it be possible to change that rule to a bump every 7 days?

Look who's talking, man who don't have more than 2 Auctions per month.
Bad idea.
Don't touch our Holy Bump please

 

[Penta GI]

bump every 7 days??

 

[iowadawg]

Excuse me...
I did not know that there is now a minimum limit on auction threads and other sales threads.
Again, I go for 7 days simply because if you look at the bumping, there are a lot of threads that have a month's worth of bumping.
And what...bring up a thread over 5 years old?

 

[d-e-x]

Excuse me...
I did not know that there is now a minimum limit on auction threads and other sales threads.
Again, I go for 7 days simply because if you look at the bumping, there are a lot of threads that have a month's worth of bumping.
And what...bring up a thread over 5 years old?

Nope, there is no limit, but rules must suit to majority not to minority !
Nobody who have more than 2 auctions per month will support this bad idea!

 

[Eric Lyon]

The dilemma:

• Some sellers want to promote their domains until the right buyer(s) comes along. Nothing wrong with that.
• Some buyers don't want to see the same thread over and over again when they aren't interested. Also, nothing wrong with that.

There are a few good solutions to this problem. The solution we chose a while back is rather complex, very server intensive, and is taking a lot of development time. We hope to have it available to everyone soon so the best of both worlds can flourish.