Bumping or Creating New Threads?

[TObject]

What are the official rules of this forum: bumping old threads or creating new ones on the same subject? I’ve seen both frowned upon. So, some official explanation is needed, please.

Thank you

[shame0360]

bump









sorry... i just so had to

[TObject]

Thank you. By “bumping” I refer to posting something meaningful in the old thread, and therefore brining it to the top, not just the word “bump” or similar.

[Deciazulado]

I refer to posting something meaningful

Meaningful is the key word. If bumping up an old thread thats been done for or where the matter has been resolved a long time ago or lost it's timely relevance (like bumping a Paramount is going HD DVD! thread) just to paste something trivial then it's necrology

Like 6 years from now bumping a 5 year old 100 page thread about the BD of Transformers to say "my Transformers BD has a scratch"

[Marquoz]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Meaningful is the key word. If bumping up an old thread thats been done for or where the matter has been resolved a long time ago or lost it's timely relevance (like bumping a Paramount is going HD DVD! thread) just to paste something trivial then it's necrology

Like 6 years from now bumping a 5 year old 100 page thread about the BD of Transformers to say "my Transformers BD has a scratch"

*makes sure to write on his calender to do that one*

I agree about necroposting. On another forum that I am on, the only time I bring up an old discussion is when it needs airing out to new users to let them hash out the ideas in it. But since I mod there, I prune it down and remove the irrelevant parts of it first. Other threads that are older then a month or two that get bumped up, usually gets shot back down to the bottom of the list because they are irrelevant.

[TObject]

How about this one:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=4916

Should the poster have created a new thread instead of bumping? How many days exactly before a thread is considered an old thread?

Thank you