I realize I never announced any rule on this, because it wasn't a problem until now.

But someone could treat CathInfo like their own personal blog/magazine, of which THEY are the editor -- they get to decide what hundreds of members are going to see today.

I DON'T THINK SO.

You can post as much as you like, but you see, one is normally limited by TIME and ABILITY TO COMPOSE that much coherent text. Eventually your mind gets tired, or you need to be elsewhere. That prevents the forum from being TAKEN OVER by one or two individuals.

But if you could post empty content -- cut & paste, the word "bump" and such -- you could strategically put whatever topic you want on the front page, burying EVERYTHING ELSE and making the forum essentially unusable.

So getting to the point -- excessive bumping will be met by TEMPORARY BANS and removal of many/most of the bumps in question.

What is excessive? Try me. If you think it might be considered excessive, then DON'T DO IT. I get to decide what is excessive. That should keep everyone well behaved.

"Bumping" old threads should be RARE and FOR A GOOD REASON each and every time. The chance of you happening to have a "good reason" for 7 threads within an hour? Dubious. Real dubious.

"Rules", "Well behaved" -- yes, it sounds like an elementary school, doesn't it? That's not a coincidence. It's how moderating this forum feels to me sometimes.

The bumping got tiresome, especially when it happened to threads that were 10+ years old. Thanks for your efforts!

Make mental note:  Bumping too many edifying old Lenten-topic threads during Lent is a no-no.  Got it. 

You can't fool me. Especially when you admit publicly why you were doing it. (To scroll off the MJ threads). And I'm not stupid at any rate; I didn't even need your admission.

You can pretend Lenten piety all you want. The fact is, YOU were trying to have an above average effect, punching above your weight class, on what CathInfo members will see today. That has now been officially forbidden. Note: I have warned the entire forum, NOT JUST YOU.

If I allow Mr. B from A to scroll off MJ threads, because he personally doesn't like them, then maybe some (((Red Sea Pedestrian))) will want to scroll off Mark79's threads tomorrow. Not to mention, those who DO like MJ threads might come out in force bumping their threads all back to the top. I'll be spending dozens of minutes a day deleting fluffy "bump" posts. I don't think so. I've got too much going on in my life to waste my time in that way.

That's too bad. I like threadbumping. I guess at least one time....

Bump!:laugh2:

Makes sense, Matthew!  We appreciate your efforts to keep things from getting taken over by one or two people here!

Of course I see this and being a melancholic wonder...  Have I done this?

Sorry; everyone here on CathInfo knows what a troublemaker I am, always trying to dominate the forum with my excessive thread-bumping.  Especially egregious was bumping a total of four Lenten threads during Lent in a short space of time.  I have tried hard to behave myself since this thread. 

I was actually thinking of other people in the past...

I must admit that I am not familiar with your posting as much.  But, I don't get on as much now that we have children.  😅

Sorry; everyone here on CathInfo knows what a troublemaker I am, always trying to dominate the forum with my excessive thread-bumping.  Especially egregious was bumping a total of four Lenten threads during Lent in a short space of time.  I have tried hard to behave myself since this thread.