Forum Use Rules - Clarification please?

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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

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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).

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Yes, this correct. THough there may be a timeframe involved too which addresses your second comment :slight_smile:

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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? :stuck_out_tongue:

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)

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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. :slight_smile:

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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 :stuck_out_tongue:

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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.

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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.” :stuck_out_tongue:

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.

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Well that didn’t happen when you posted on my thread … I could reply once … but not a second time.

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How about editing your own post - does that actually bump it?

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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 :stuck_out_tongue:

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.

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If you can’t get one guildmate to bump your post then it’s not really a guild anyone would want to be in.

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I really can’t recall saying that at all, Dottie. I’m pretty sure I could get plenty of guildmates to help.

However (a) bumping is against the forum rules and (b) * I * am in charge and want to be in charge of guild recruitment, and what we say and when.

I find your comment quite offensive really. Just because I’d rather be responsible for recruitment for my own guild, you don’t think anyone would want to join it?

Obviously I’ve been doing something completely wrong then … because I’ve been solo recruiting for our guild for over a decade, and it has generally had an overall increase in membership … so I guess not everyone thinks the same way you do. Thank goodness.

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Posting in a thread with “Bump” or simple nonsense jus to keep the thread at the top of the list is against the rules. Posting in the thread with relevant updates to keep it live is not the “Bumping” they mean.

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I’m just going on what Dottie said … which was getting a guild mate to bump the thread.

I’m aware of the difference and have made every effort to ensure that anything I add to any of my posts does not constitute a basic “bump” but has additional/updated info on it. Heck … our realm forums are that quiet that if it wasn’t for the fact that the posts get locked after 30 days … I could leave our advert untouched for months and it would still be close to the top of the page :stuck_out_tongue:

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Bumping isn’t just saying “bump” but someone saying something like “I’m in this guild and it’s great, good banter and a lot of mythic runs.” I should have been clearer there are bumps that follow the rules and those that don’t.

706 members, out of all of those some should be able to do it.

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Please read original post :wink:

That wasn’t the point of the thread. Yes I could ask a guild member/officer to do it … but effectively that is just another “workaround” for something I should be able to do for myself.

I’m a firm believer of the old addage … if you want a job doing well, do it yourself.

I’m also a little bit OCD, and would like to keep control of my own guild recruitment.

If I ever gave the job of recruitment to someone else … I’d like to think that they also would prefer to do it themselves, rather than pass it along to others.

I have had many people over the years join our guild, solely based on the fact that they regularly saw MY replies and MY updates to posts. They saw the consistency and honesty in the posts and liked it.

If I start to get guild members to reply to posts instead … even if they’re all firm believers in what we stand for, you lose some of that consistency. You also run the risk that someone will post a reply “bumping” my recruitment thread, but will then leave to join another guild … leaving their “bump” showing we were so awesome, they left (which inevitably happens occasionally) … which is not a great advert.

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You can’t do it yourself, the quicker you come to this realisation the better it will be. The forums will not change so you will have to. I know, that sounds harsh but you have to do it that way or make a new thread every month.

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Yet I can. I can reply to my own posts using other characters on the same account. Therefore I can do it myself.

And Shammoz believes that after fulfilling certain criteria, I can reply using the same character. Are you just arguing without reading the thread?

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