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I wanted to let all of you know about a new modification I just enabled for the classified section in order to cut down on the 'bump' abuses you've complained about that have become so prevalent.
What the mod does is restrict users to replying to their own classified threads within 7 days of their previous post, if nobody has replied after their last post. This means if someone tries to bump their thread prematurely or even update it with info by replying to it, they'll get an error message stating:
Now, if there is one or more reply to the thread, the original poster is allowed one reply to answer the question or questions, at which time the 7 day time limit resets itself again, since the thread has been bumped. I can't change the functionality of this at all, so it's not really up for discussion as to whether or not this is the best practice, but I think it's fair. That means the OP does not have to update the original thread with the updated information, but it will reset his bump counter to 7 days. Those of you who are already following the rules will, if this works correctly, never see the error message and you'll have no less functionality than you did before.
I'm sure there will still be some abuses to this system but I think this is going to do a great deal to cut down on this problem we're having. As always, thank you to those of you who use the report button, we really appreciate it
What the mod does is restrict users to replying to their own classified threads within 7 days of their previous post, if nobody has replied after their last post. This means if someone tries to bump their thread prematurely or even update it with info by replying to it, they'll get an error message stating:
"You are not allowed to bump your own thread before the minimum allowed time has passed. Please wait 6 Day(s), 23 Hour(s), 59 Minute(s), 55 Second(s) before attempting to reply to your own thread".
The time in the message is the actual time until they can post in that thread again, so the software keeps track for us.
Now, if there is one or more reply to the thread, the original poster is allowed one reply to answer the question or questions, at which time the 7 day time limit resets itself again, since the thread has been bumped. I can't change the functionality of this at all, so it's not really up for discussion as to whether or not this is the best practice, but I think it's fair. That means the OP does not have to update the original thread with the updated information, but it will reset his bump counter to 7 days. Those of you who are already following the rules will, if this works correctly, never see the error message and you'll have no less functionality than you did before.
I'm sure there will still be some abuses to this system but I think this is going to do a great deal to cut down on this problem we're having. As always, thank you to those of you who use the report button, we really appreciate it