MM Rule Changes

[Burnsy2023]

Please see here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18208963

 

[Burnsy2023]

What about threads where people list a few items then a day later add more items, then next day more items again.
Is that not bumping?

Yes, that will often be seen as disguised bumping.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Still banned for bumping 3 minutes before the 24 hours were up.

Really? Send me an email with a link to the thread in question.

So to be clear, there is now only one post after your first post that effectively can not be about discussing selling the items in the original post?? Which implies that price update posts are no longer acceptable??

The only thing we are doing is allowing an official bump. We are not changing anything else.

Are these rules really needed?

Yes. Next question.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Then isn't the ps3 games thread a disguised bump fest?

RTM it then....

 

[Burnsy2023]

So are price drops considered disguised bumping too?

No.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Should be an appeals process
Even the magnificent Dons here surely get things wrong from time to time, no?

We already have one. You email an MM Don, we all discuss it in the DR. And yes, people do get access to the MM reinstated. Two lucky people are likely to get access back soon in fact.

 

[Burnsy2023]

I would like to provide come constructive feedback.

I used to use the members market (a few years ago now), however no longer do due to the complexity of the rules and the severity of the response for minor infringements. I appreciate that it is my choice and Overclockers are providing this service free of charge, however I am surely not alone and it seems a real shame to alienate members from using a service on this forum...

It is usually pretty obvious when someone is purposely trying to bump a thread against someone making a post not realising that somewhere in the mass of rules it is not allowed. I ended up stop using it when people suddenly started being suspended for posting to say that the OP had an email from them.

We have a good reputation for the MM being a safe place to trade computer related items. The rules are a large part of what keeps the forum safe and we make no apologies for that.

 

[Burnsy2023]

wtf really?

That isn't part of current policy. We wouldn't ban for that now.

 

[Burnsy2023]

So does he remain banned considering policy has changed?

He hasn't emailed me asking to look at it. I don't even know if that really is the case yet.

 

[Burnsy2023]

frequently changed

They are changed very infrequently.