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The practice of bumping ( was Re: Announcing DeepSpace.com
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Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:49:33 GMT
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I’m not real keen on bump posts, and I don’t usually like to see them.(1)
The best bump posts, in my view, are the ones that you don’t realise are
actually bumps, because the post talks about a new facet of the topic or brings
additional information up, or whatever, so that the reader gets a new reason to
think about the topic.
Those posts, skillfully done, perform the same bump function but have the
additional bonus of actually adding more value to the thread.
I hope those thinking of out and out bumping would consider this approach
whenever possible. Hope that helps.
1 - although I’ve done a bump or two in my day, unfortunately.
++Lar
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| (...) Sorry Mark, but I just can't leave this thread without saying something. I'm not one to go stirring up potential arguements but I too wondered if anyone had actually noticed the post - the only indication of its function is the hit counters on (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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