We have banned autobumping and bump services

That’s a good middle ground to hit, I like that version; however, I do have a question for you.

As a previous worker on a goldselling livechat where I would have several browsers open for payment methods, a couple emails open for inquiries, a Skype open for additional line of communication, an RS3, OSRS and deadman client open, a couple VPS open for connection to various different things, as well as 10-15+ concurrent customers on Zopim all actively trying to do business, do you now expect me to have 10+ sythe threads open to actively check when a vouch is recorded and have a timer set for 2 hours for each thread so that I know when I can direct vouches to the business thread vs when I can direct vouches to the vouch thread?

My point is, for large websites, this is hardly feasible. Might I suggest altering bumping in some way so that vouches do *not* bump the thread unless the previous post was over 2 hours old? This would allow people to still collect vouches without worry of the timer, as it will only then bump the thread after the appropriate amount of time has passed.

I think policing of it will be relatively forgiving. Effectively if you are vouch bumping you'll get 12 vouch bumps a day, and if you are not vouch bumping you'll get 6 regular bumps a day.

If you end up using a combination it should be counted out of 12 points, 1 point for each vouch bump, 2 for each non-vouch bump.

We'll see how it goes with manual policing first and if automation seems warranted we'll implement that based on staff and users feedback

 

Adding rule on rule is dumb ass fuck + confusing for whole community. I know i was agaist vouching on sale thread but if i woud have to choose between 2 hour timer(for customer vouch) or no timer at all i woud rather go for no timer at all cus this will be hella confusing for new + old gold sellers.

And if you want equal chance for everyone make bump allowed every 2h (without autobumper ofc) and infinity bumps allowed from customer.

makes the best sence

 

so that way we will have vouches split again, and the other rule about vouches on sales threads is gone, what if someone forgets to vouch and vouches after a few hours, and if you are a bigger seller, you mistakenly get 3 vouches in 2 hours?
I can imagine this being abused and some sellers who buy/sell from people they know postponing vouches lol, to have infinite 2 hour bumps

I think the situation with no auto bumps was bad enough, waving another rule (vouch on sells threads) makes it super hard to understand, especially for new sellers joining sythe

Can it be weaved completely then so it isn't just postponed vouches but it is more organic, no growth hacking opportunities opened, just what a regular person would do, bump a thread by hand and give his clients 1 thread - either a vouch or sales thread ( by personal preference )

Super clean, super organic, not confusing

You can quote the customer's vouch from your sales thread onto your vouch thread. This is perfectly acceptable.

 

I think policing of it will be relatively forgiving. Effectively if you are vouch bumping you'll get 12 vouch bumps a day, and if you are not vouch bumping you'll get 6 regular bumps a day.

If you end up using a combination it should be counted out of 12 points, 1 point for each vouch bump, 2 for each non-vouch bump.

We'll see how it goes with manual policing first and if automation seems warranted we'll implement that based on staff and users feedback

that's really good for us bigger sites that have more traffic so that we can have a monopoly essentially, because we will be ontop 24/7 we just need 1 customer every 2 hours (12 sales a day is way below average for a gold site)

i would vote yes but it seems unfair

 

that's really good for us bigger sites that have more traffic so that we can have a monopoly essentially, because we will be ontop 24/7 we just need 1 customer every 2 hours (12 sales a day is way below average for a gold site)

i would vote yes but it seems unfair

Even small gold shops should be able to get 1 customer every 2 hours if they are ambitious and have good prices, I don't think that unfairly benefits large shops

 

I don't know, i'm trying to figure out if this change encourages healthy trading practices or growth hacking and strategizing your bumps.
If it's the second it's really good for us gold sites, you just need to make sure you have 30-40 clients a day rdy to vouch, and for every 60k+ a month gold site that's doable (our average purchase is 90$+, but assuming not every client will vouch) even though i would just like to have a simple bumping rule like on every other forum, this change is really good so we can keep new people from entering the market, i don't mean to be ironic but i really hope it works

 

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I don't know, i'm trying to figure out if this change encourages healthy trading practices or growth hacking and strategizing your bumps.
If it's the second it's really good for us gold sites, you just need to make sure you have 30-40 clients a day rdy to vouch, and for every 60k+ a month gold site that's doable (our average purchase is 90$+, but assuming not every client will vouch) even though i would just like to have a simple bumping rule like on every other forum, this change is really good so we can keep new people from entering the market, i don't mean to be ironic but i really hope it works

I've been saying this for weeks. These recent updates are pretty much just squeezing out the little guy.

 

I've been saying this for weeks. These recent updates are pretty much just squeezing out the little guy.

That's not our intention

We're going to allow people to accumulate vouches on their vouch thread (if they want to) and then quote those vouches as a vouch bump onto their sales thread. One bump per vouch of course.

Our intention is to help smaller market players get exposure rather than the front page of the market being continuously and always large gold shops