Link me the thread please, I will reply, then see if it unlocks for you.
(you know this is against the forum rules, right? 
https://eu.battle.net/forums/en/code-of-conduct/#cross-linking)
Done, can you post in it now?
Make sure you use the Reply BUTTON at the bottom of the thread rather than the reply link in your last post. That could be the issue. Reply to the THREAD not to yourself.
I love that guy ![:stuck_out_tongue:](https://d1bg94bbsh66ji.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/stuck_out_tongue.png?v=6" ":stuck_out_tongue:")
But no … that didn’t work. I could obviously reply once. But when I tried to reply again, no go. And then saw I might have used the wrong reply button … tried again … still didn’t work
Odd. I really don’t think it is anything to do with my rank level, but I will try and highlight this issue to the community team to see if it is known and/or intended.
Thanks, that would be great. It was kinda mentioned in a previous thread (that is now locked … I’m getting really concerned about the forum rules here … they’re REALLY strict! ) Forum Posts locked for inactivity .. how does it work?
Well the only difference between you and I is that you are trust level 2 and I am trust level 3. It is possible that they remove reply restrictions once you reach level 3 I suppose. You are probably not far off level 3, I do see you around often ![:slight_smile:](https://d1bg94bbsh66ji.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=6" ":slight_smile:")
- Visit the Forums on 50% of the last 100 Days
- Read 500 Topics created in the last 100 Days
- Read 20,000 Posts created in the last 100 Days
- Like 30 Posts
- Receive 20 Likes
- Reply to 10 different Topics
- Don’t have more than 5 Spam/Offensive Flags
- Don’t be currently suspended
in any Blizzard Game or Forum
haha yeah … it’s that 20k posts that is causing me problems … think I’m only up to around 7k and it feels a bit dishonest (and very time consuming) to just scroll through a load of random threads without actually taking the time to read them
*Edit … I am starting to collect cow gifs though
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Okay, I have a small update for you.
The restriction to replying to your own post is…
You can only reply yourself 3 times (account wide) before someone else must interact with the thread. Obviously I can’t see which are your characters in that thread, but if those replies are all your characters, it will prevent a 4th reply from you until someone else (in the test we did… me!) posts which resets your counter.
So really you do need perhaps a guild officer to do the first bump (legit post, not just “bump” obviously) and then you have 3 posts before you need an officer to post again etc.
I think some of these restrictions also are time limited… I have recieved a popup where I was answering to fast, similar to the spam thing ingame.
So if you wanted to reply to fast after the last post, you might be stopped
So … just to make sure I’ve understood.
I can create a post … and I’m allowed to reply to my own post (as long as it’s not simple bumping) with other characters on the same account, up to three times. After that I’m unable to reply to my own post with any of the characters on my account until someone else replies to reset it?
If that is actually supposed to be the case then, obviously, it’s not against any rules to reply to your own posts with a different character on your account, in order to circumvent the “can’t reply to your own post” thing.
Having said that, also, that “once you’ve replied three times from any character on your own account, someone else needs to reply” isn’t working … because that thread I linked … they’re all my characters (other than you).
Yes, this correct. THough there may be a timeframe involved too which addresses your second comment
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okay cool. Is that “unable to reply after three times” an actual hard stop … as in … if I’m not allowed to, it just won’t let me … or as in … if I do it again I get told I’m being naughty?
And yeah … it’s either broken (because I’ve been able to reply more than the three times), I’ve accidentally gone over a “shhh don’t tell anyone” limit that doesn’t do a hard stop on you doing it, or there is a time limit involved (ie, you can reply again after x amount of time)
It just won’t let you.
Also, I missed your earlier comment about cross linking. It’s fine to link to other threads for a reason. Cross linking is posting a thread on one forum, then posting links to that thread in many others vying for attention. In this case it would not be considered cross linking.
Ah cool. I found that rules thing and read through it and started freaking out because basically I thought I’d broken at least three of them lol. (I deleted mention of that colour of Shaman because that was a rule too!).
Question then … if we’re allowed to reply to our own posts on alts … why can’t we just not go through all that hassle, and just post on the same character? Apart from anything else, it would make it much more clear who was posting
Actually, I think you can. It may require the FIRST reply to be of a different character/account, but you can reply 3 times in a row on Poisonenvy after that I believe.
Hmm, I’m not sure how to read that.
Cross Linking Threads
This category includes:
Linking to threads from other forums Creating threads with the sole purpose of linking another post
I first read “Linking to threads from other forums” as, linking to threads outside the Blizzard forums; for example, linking to a thread on MMO-C from a thread here … but that seems like the kind of thing people do, and should do, when appropriate. I certainly have done it.
As for the second condition, I think I understand and agree with that one, but I’d be very happy to see that extended to “Creating threads with the sole purpose of linking a YouTube video.”
As for your real problem, can I suggest that you just get another guild member to post, every three weeks or so?
It’s not even the locking: when peopIe see a recruitment post that hasn’t been updated in a long time, they’re probably not sure it’s still active.
Well that didn’t happen when you posted on my thread … I could reply once … but not a second time.
How about editing your own post - does that actually bump it?
My “real problem” isn’t keeping the advert active … admittedly I don’t want to keep pestering an officer or guild member to reply to my posts all the time just to keep them active, but it’s doable. My “problem” is that I’m unclear on the forum rules.
I know from experience that I’ve been unable to reply to my own posts, in order to keep the thread active; I know that I can keep them active by replying to them with other characters on the same account.
However, I had been told by someone else, that they had done just that … ie, replied to a post with two different characters on the same account, in order to keep a thread active … and had received a forum ban for it.
So I was looking for clarification on the rules. I know i CAN post replies using alts on a thread, but whether it is actually ALLOWED under the forum rules, I didn’t know.
However … it appears there is no specific rule against it … and indeed certain forum levels CAN actually reply to their own posts … but it seems to be a bit vague as to what is and isn’t acceptable. And that’s notwithstanding the heresay of the apparent ban (which I’m going to assume now wasn’t for that, at all).
It just seems strange to me that, if I’m actually ALLOWED to post replies on alts … why I wouldn’t be allowed to post replies on my main
As far as the locking of posts is concerned … I understand the reason for it … especially on non-recruitment forums. If the conversation has fizzled out to the point where no-one has replied for a month, then there’s no need to keep it active. However, on recruitment forums, especially guild recruitment as opposed to people looking for guilds/groups, imho the 30 day limit should be relaxed somewhat. Obviously we still want the active guilds at the top of the list … but that happens naturally anyway … and personally I think having a thread per guild is quite nice because it gives a bit of history to a guild … as opposed to a guild making an advert … then forgetting about it for a month … realising it’s locked, and having to make another … and then another … etc.
Unfortunately not. That would be a great idea too.