Should be the Bump-Button Mandatory ?

Hello Sythe Users,
I see still alot of ppl Typing [ Bump ] instead of using the Bump-Button. Some ppl still try to abuse it for Postcount. My point is everyone should use the new Bump-Button instead of having to post '---BUMP----'on their Threads.

@Matthew Released a bump button. Instead of having to post saying "bump," you can now just click the bump button on your thread's.
Bump Button and Early Bumping

 

only thing is for MM forum threads there is no bump button and sometimes I forget to use the bump button. But I think it should be mandatory but you will only get a warning or something if you type bump more than once in like 2 weeks.

 

No support. There's no harm in writing bump. Even if it does add to postcount, that's not really an issue. Threads have been bumped like this on sythe for long enough and I don't see any need to change it. Also, autobumpers are a nice way to support the dev guys amongst us, as it's another product they can market. If something isn't broken, don't fix it. Apart from a broken man; we should fix him.

 

I would prefer it to be used over actually posting bump being as there are accounts made solely for bumping with over 10k post count. I see that as a problem, especially since we have leaderboards for post count. It's pretty easy to abuse bumping in the market (create multiple threads with ridiculous offers/requests and bump away). This would make the feature of wanting to bump earlier be used more; meaning more SG is dumped. This would also improve the quality of newer threads in the market. There are threads with more than 20 pages with just the word "bump". That needs to be addressed. Atrocious isn't even the word to describe it. For clarity and quality purposes, moving forward with the bump button is the best option. It makes no sense to have both as an option because posting psychically will always be preferred, it's either one or the other.

 

I wouldn't mind if Sythe Gold was limited to sections outside of the market to combat this problem.

 

Yeah if the bump button isn't made mandatory then I think this is the best route.

 

I prefer manual bumps because customers see thread post count as a sign of trust. Thread post count in a way is building up your brand. A seller that has been here for months should at least have that priority over someone new. I think it would be hard for some sellers to get any success if there was no thread count because they might get stuck. At least if someone is slowly building thread post count their appeal goes up slightly. It is hard enough to start a shop. Imagine trying to start a shop when your thread post count will never grow and there are already huge threads out there.

 

How is thread post count building your brand when all that's mostly being said in the thread is "bump"? These egregious bumps hide anything of quality or importance on various threads whether it be questions or offers. Your thread is nothing more than a listing. This talk of a brand and building said brand should revolve around vouches, not thread post count. I don't think trust is measured by the amount of replies your thread has, especially when you alone make up the bulk of the replies.

 

There should be a reward for users to use the site's interface options; otherwise, why implement the bump button if people are just going to post "bump" instead?

If the bump button is easily maintained and doesn't disrupt service connection w/ servers (or however that works lol), then, sure, let it be up to the user to use the button or just post.

 

I think many of the people who are gonna support this already have massive post counts, and it benefits them to bar others from getting post count the same way they did. No support unless you strip everyone of their post count for bumping.

 

If the bump button would add +1 post count and +1 posts on my thread then I would support, if not then no support.

 

It certainly is. If a seller has a thread filled with a year of bumps, and not many vouches, at the very least it is somewhat a sign that they were an active seller for a year and not banned yet. As a buyer, you take into consideration how long the seller has been active in the market. Going into a thread and seeing that someone has been active every day for a year posting their bumps definitely makes a buyer more comfortable as opposed to going into an empty thread. Have you ever tried selling gp with no reputation on the forum? No one is going to buy from someone with a thread post count of 0 unless a) the buyer is retarded or b) that person already has some kind of reputation on the forum to portray trust. Like @Andy Samberg touched on, this would make it a lot harder for little guys to compete with the already established giants because they now have no chance to get to that high post count. And giants will bite your head off if you even suggest to strip their post count because they know how valuable it is.

 

Bumping a thread for a year is no indicator of trust, nor does it determine or say how active you are in the market. Trust is measured by the amount of trades you've completed, as does determine how active you are in the market by the dates in which you received those vouches. Most beginners in the market trade with reputable users to build their voiches, thus establish a greater level of trust. If you are swayed by the amount of times a user posts the word "bump" on a thread, then you aren't thinking safely.

Let's all be honest with each other here. Users just want to build post count effortlessly.

 

I don't believe a user should be forced to use the bump button. There are benefits to adding an extra post to your thread and there is no harm in doing so. This has also been such a long-standing part of the site it is impractical to try to "clean the slate" and remove the bumps from every thread in the market and institute a new system of bump button only. The arguments in support of making the bump button mandatory I don't find to be very strong. If someone does have a good argument I would like to hear it

 

Why would there need to be a clean slate? To make matters simple, a sticky across the market saying it's mandatory to use the button as of the sticky's creation would suffice.

And why is that?

 

No support. Everyone still manual bumping obviously wants the pc including me
Thx

 

If the market gave no post count, would you still be against making the bump button mandatory?

 

That's the stupidest thing I've heard to date. Market needs post count.
Also nah, it's only a way of bumping a thread. Does no harm in any such way and really doesn't matter which method you use.

 

You didn't answer the question.