The rules for bumping have changed, to limit spam and make the lives of the mods a little bit easier.
First, we have added an official definition of a bump.
"But these rules are so harsh," I hear many people saying already. That is why we have an official definition of a bump. Note that posts which add content do not qualify as bumps in the official definition, which brings us to the second update.
Posts which add content (eg. clarifies a request, or updates a project topic) are not considered bumps. These are therefore a permissable way to move an old topic to the front of the list. If someone else has posted the last post in your topic, obviously you may add another content post whenever you like. That is normal posting. If you were the last one to post, please wait at least 24 hours before posting your content as a new post: before that, use the EDIT button to add material to your previous post.
This means that requests/support threads/recruitment threads can be bumped faster (once a day) if the "bump" includes clarification of the request/problem/job, rather than just being a content-free bump.
Also please note that it is no longer acceptable to bump at all in, say, the Project Discussion forum. If your project falls off the front page, the only way to bring it back is to add more to it. Otherwise, suck it up princess! People are not going to talk about your project unless you give them something to talk about.
First, we have added an official definition of a bump.
Bumping is only permitted in 5 places on this site: in the RMXP Support forum, the RGSS Support forum, the Recruitment forum, the Resource Requests forum, and the Script Requests forum (the five forums with a comment about bumping in their forum description). In any other forum, no matter how much time has passed, a bump is considered spam. In those five forums, bumps are permitted once every 72 hours. That's three days. No sooner!rules":1rk1hvw8 said:
"But these rules are so harsh," I hear many people saying already. That is why we have an official definition of a bump. Note that posts which add content do not qualify as bumps in the official definition, which brings us to the second update.
Posts which add content (eg. clarifies a request, or updates a project topic) are not considered bumps. These are therefore a permissable way to move an old topic to the front of the list. If someone else has posted the last post in your topic, obviously you may add another content post whenever you like. That is normal posting. If you were the last one to post, please wait at least 24 hours before posting your content as a new post: before that, use the EDIT button to add material to your previous post.
This means that requests/support threads/recruitment threads can be bumped faster (once a day) if the "bump" includes clarification of the request/problem/job, rather than just being a content-free bump.
Also please note that it is no longer acceptable to bump at all in, say, the Project Discussion forum. If your project falls off the front page, the only way to bring it back is to add more to it. Otherwise, suck it up princess! People are not going to talk about your project unless you give them something to talk about.