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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91

I was just over on the bustedspoke.com forums, and I realized that they have something that you click and it automatically bumps your thread.

I think this would be really helpful in keeping clutter out of threads because you wouldn't have to post to bump it. It probably wouldn't be that hard to code either.

Just a thought.

May 14 2010 12:55PM
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dompuch
Posts: 1449 - Karma: 1,186
that would be cool. i would prolly use it
May 14 2010 2:42PM
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ferrariowner123
Posts: 1623 - Karma: 28
i second this motion, not a day goes by where i see a thread that has two and half pages of "bumps" its really really pathedic.

It will only work if the amount of times you can bump is limited to like three a day, because i saw a thread yesterday where the jackass bumped his thread 8 times in a period of 6 hours, SO FUCKING STUPID, so yeah, as long as its limited, its a good idea
May 14 2010 3:36PM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91

Yea, I hate when I open up a 2 page thread and 90% of it is bump.

The one problem with limiting it though is in b/s/t, your post is off the first page in like 2 hours on a busy night.

May 14 2010 4:10PM
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Holte
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No, that's the issue, constant bumping IS stupid and pathetic. A thread with eight bumps without any responses is easily identifiable as a bad thread. Even the OP usually realizes that nobody cares about his thread after a while, and he realizes that the constant bumping is making him look like an idiot, so he eventually stops. The only thing a bump button would do is make it so that bad threads aren't easily identifiable and allow the OP to keep bumping his thread for days without looking pathetic.
May 14 2010 4:14PM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91

Maybe it should say how many times it's been bumped then? Like replys/views/bumps

and a new post would also bump it.

May 14 2010 4:18PM
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ferrariowner123
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that would work, or like a pathedic meter in top of the original post, showing how many times the post has been bumped,
May 14 2010 8:29PM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91

Yea that would be good

May 14 2010 8:33PM
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KellyK
Posts: 1782 - Karma: 715
i can only see this being helpful in b/s/t. in any of the other forums if a thread is important enough to stay on the first page, then it doesn't need any bumping. this would get terribly abused.
May 14 2010 9:11PM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91
Yea that's true. Maybe this should only be an option in b/s/t then? and maybe gear talk? It might be helpful when trying to find answers in gear talk or Media & Arts.
May 14 2010 9:39PM
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B.Pol
Posts: 1750 - Karma: 59
I really like this idea! Make this happen.
May 20 2010 5:16PM
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Ducky.
Posts: 5811 - Karma: 1,420
I like the idea. But post whore's would hate it.
May 20 2010 5:34PM
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Dainsey
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Your spelling is PATHETIC.

boom roasted.
May 20 2010 5:43PM
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debrickshaw
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i'd like it, but only for b/s/t
May 20 2010 7:18PM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91

Maybe it can be worth a post too? So that the postwhores are satisfied.

and yea I think it would only work in B/S/T and maybe gear talk, for those who are trying to get help with what gear to get?

May 20 2010 9:01PM
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Malcolm
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exactly. there would be so many shitty threads at the top all the time.
May 20 2010 10:12PM
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Balto
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but how would newbs get there post counts up then?!
May 20 2010 10:56PM
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blackoutbill
Posts: 2918 - Karma: 282
Then you might as well not have the button at all. Seeing a long line of bumps in a thread is a good notification that it sucks
May 21 2010 12:13AM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91
True, but there's always the bump count idea that was mentioned earlier. So it says how many times it was bumped.
May 21 2010 5:38AM
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Jennings
Posts: 2190 - Karma: 90
i got this... every time you bump your thread it costs you like 50 karma points or somethin
May 22 2010 1:01AM
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quixotic
Posts: 6937 - Karma: 2,978
bump
May 22 2010 1:42AM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91

har har

and to the other kid, karma is a rating, not money.

May 22 2010 10:40AM
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Balto
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no
May 22 2010 1:18PM
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Kangbang
Posts: 14211 - Karma: 423
no, thats a retarded idea. you earn karma by helping out, not by bumping
May 22 2010 1:27PM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91
I think a red name should take a look at this.
May 22 2010 2:21PM
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Kangbang
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send him the link. i really like this idea
May 22 2010 2:28PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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Thanks, and I sent MacMahoon the link when I made the thread, but he never responded.
May 22 2010 3:01PM
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soulskier
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can we get a +1 for hitting the button?
May 22 2010 3:36PM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91
+1 what?
May 23 2010 7:28PM
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ISellMeth
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He is talking about karma I think
May 24 2010 1:25AM
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MikeTK
Posts: 549 - Karma: 126
bump
May 24 2010 10:10AM
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Willard
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 429
I think it would work out good if you were given 2 bumps a day
May 24 2010 11:45AM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91
Oh well in that case, 1 karma doesn't make that much of a difference.
May 24 2010 12:26PM
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gypsytown
Posts: 538 - Karma: 12
i think it would be a good idea if you make it so it can only be bumped if its off the first page, and have a limit, so people cant just abuse the shit out of it and have their shitty threads at the top for 4 days
May 24 2010 4:44PM
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B-runge
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this guy is good

and you can only bump your own threads
May 24 2010 7:44PM
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soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
i was talking about post count, but i wasnt being serious
May 24 2010 7:55PM
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artfullydodged
Posts: 8358 - Karma: 1,674
i dont mind the bump posts. They help me stay out of 3 year old arguments.
May 24 2010 7:57PM
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I-Ski-AK
Posts: 1378 - Karma: 22
i smell a bump troll aloft..
May 26 2010 5:43AM
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Gstrong
Posts: 4776 - Karma: 519
i think this is a good idea
May 26 2010 5:49PM
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I-Ski-AK
Posts: 1378 - Karma: 22
I'd think the button would look best as a mustache. And have a week limit from previous bump. Just me thinking..I try not to do so often.
May 26 2010 6:19PM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91

Mustache sounds good haha. and there definetly should be a limit on the bumps.

May 26 2010 8:11PM
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