Don't get me wrong. I completely understand the need for the bump rule, and I think it is a necessity. However, in the past six months or so,the amount of activity in the d2 forums has drastically decreasedfrom what it was when the 4 hour bump rule was put into place.

Your thread might stay on the front page for a bit longer when you first post it, but 5 people might view it in that time compared to where 30 people might have viewed it a year or two ago in a shorter time period. It makes trading extremely difficult/slow. You get about 10 views to any given thread in a day compared to the 60+ you got when the rule was put into place.

When the 4 hour rule was put into effect, you knew that your thread was going to be viewed multiple times before it disappeared, however, that is no longer the case. If you miss a "hotspot" time now, an entire 8 hour day is wasted without your thread being viewed in the two bumps you get per day. Moving it to 2 hours, doubles the amount of chances for your thread to be seen, but at the same time isn't spamming a thread to the top of the forum constantly.


My suggestion is not to eliminate the bump rule, but to modify it.


Due to much less activity on the forums, I am suggesting that the bump rule be reduced to a 2 hour bump rule to help revive the forum, at least for the d2 forums.



I'm interested to get other perspectives on this, please vote/give me a brief rationale for why you voted the way that you did.

This post was edited by Motion on Aug 18 2013 09:36am

Less activity, so we need more bumps?

Makes no sense in my head, you need to bump less often, because it will stay front page for longer :P..

The point is that only about half as many people are on as there used to be at a given time. Your thread might stay on the front page for a bit longer when you first post it, but 5 people might view it in that time compared to where 30 people might have viewed it previously.

It makes trading extremely difficult/slow. You get about 10 views to any given thread in a day compared to the 60+ you got when the rule was put into place....maybe that needed to be clarified.

Nah.

More time between bumps mean threads last longer. If people want to sell their stuff faster, many titles work. For example, I'm quitting here's all my stuff.

Also, less time between bumps makes it easier for people to up their post count.