[TopAce]

I think this new feature may have a setback:
It makes the one-year old threads easily bumpable without doing any search. Guests may find something they would want to comment, register, and bump up an extremely old thread for his first post. Do you think I am right about this?

[Black Wolf]

There's a warning on old threads that should prevent this I think

[diamondgeezer]

Well it won't prevent it a such, but at least we can sugar our flames with a 'you were warned' disclaimer

[Styxx]

We had a discussion about this while implementing it, and the warning was found sufficient deterrent. If someone still posts after reading it, he must have a really good reason.

[Zeronet]

What feature? Where?

EDIT: Oh, that thing at the bottom of t3h main p4g3.

[Bobboau]

/*assuming I have extrapolated enough about this*/
maybe you could have those threads auto-locked for a day or two

[vyper]

Oooh, one of my old art threads is on it....

I like the idea

[Nico]

something I never quite understood: what's the problem with bumping old threads? Do they carry some sort of disease? Sounds more sensible to me to bump an old thread than create a new one dealing with the same topic ( and when some dude asks for something, people will tell him to search for old topics something's seriously flawed there ).

[kasperl]

/me looked at the trick
/me found the old practical jokes thread
/me likes, a lot

[karajorma]

One problem with bumping old threads is that quite often you can read quite a distance down them before you realise that they are actually old (which I tend to find quite annoying).
 A bigger problem is that they can sometimes reignite old flame wars.

[TopAce]

But one of the advantages of thread bumping is that newbies arrived after the thread had sunk down can write their opinions about the topic it is about.

Disadvantages: Some of you(excluding me, and others who are not against thread bumping) may post 'Why did you bump this?' message. I don't know why is it so disadvantageous, maybe I am having mood for typing

[StratComm]

Thread bumping was really bad when Setekh was gone; his avatar is really noticable and people would think "Oh Steak's back!" before realizing that the post was made over a year before.  It is also annoying to see the same really old topics float up again and again.  I think that the best way to bring up new thoughts on old issues is to READ the older thread and then post a new thread refering back to the old one with new thoughts thrown in.  Just makes more sense to me.

And if you're just going to quote someone and say "Yeah, I agree" then you are REALLY wasting everyone's time.

[Nico]

I think that the best way to bring up new thoughts on old issues is to READ the older thread and then post a new thread refering back to the old one with new thoughts thrown in. Just makes more sense to me.

well, I don't, so it doesn't make much sense to me ( arf, that's a killer, how to argue with that? )

One problem with bumping old threads is that quite often you can read quite a distance down them before you realise that they are actually old (which I tend to find quite annoying).

I suppose that can be prevented easily ( say, after a post has reached a certain age, the text in  it turns red, et voila ).

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by StratComm
Thread bumping was really bad when Setekh was gone; his avatar is really noticable and people would think "Oh Steak's back!" before realizing that the post was made over a year before.

Soooo true!!

[Setekh]

I had no idea I caused so much trouble in my absence... sorry...

Well, now that I'm back, you can bump to your heart's content.

[Taristin]

Don't say that...

[vyper]

[TopAce]

Originally posted by vyper

I got an idea: Can somebody do a 'Bumped' smiley?
When the smiley points his finger upwards.

[Knight Templar]

[TopAce]

Very good