[DENIED]Reduce punishment for excessive bumping

This is correct

There are 6 excessive bumps in the example you linked. Had the thread been reported after just one, they would have received an infraction but considering they broke the rule 6 times within the first page, I don't think the week long lock is harsh.

This is what was discussed between the staff team:
1-2 excessive bumps = infraction
3+ = one week thread lock
If you return after the week long thread lock and continue excessive bumping = 2 week ban

The bump timer was reduced from 8 hours to 4(2 if you're receiving vouches), so we didn't want people abusing an already lenient bump timer, hence the 'harsh' punishment of locking threads if you excessively bump.

There is on-going discussion with @Matthew to see if we can have an automated function which doesn't allow people to post on any thread under 2 hours to combat those unaware of the changes/rule.

 

If you don't warn them they may have been unaware they were breaking any rule which i think is the whole point @ABM is trying to make. So they had x amount of excessive bumps in a certain period & therefore should take a week off from trying to start their business?

That seems harsh.

 

Here's my issue with this & why I'm siding with @Gladiator.

The rules aren’t there so that people can break them AND THEN be reminded (warned) that they have to be followed. The rules are in place for everyone to read prior to engaging in business through the forums. If a sythe user chooses to be lazy and bump excessively without familiarizing themselves with the rules, then that’s on them.

Also, being “new and unaware” is not a valid excuse for rule breaking.

I noticed that the main forum rules page has the excessive bump rules listed. However, it might prove beneficial to add them to each of the main trading section's individual rules page as well (gold sales, account sales, etc.).

The forum bump system is still a relatively recently implemented system. I don't think that using strict enforcement is a bad thing here. Just my opinion!

 

No support, the market is already competitive and excessive bumpers should learn the hard way every other person did before them.

 

No support, don't excessively bump and this won't be a problem for you. Not very hard.

Edit: Especially after the reduction from 8 -> 4 hours

 

Requested to be closed by OP

 

@ABM

Just an update: @video & @Sythe worked diligently and this update is now in effect. Users can no longer bump market threads in under two hours and this should help combat those unaware of our bump rule changes.