[Gallagher]

Originally Posted by MonBon

Sorry galla I'm still dumb, what's the difference between bumping and necroposting? my mind has appeared to conflated the two.

Like I get that necroposting is when a post hasn't had activity in quite some time, but I always thought it was just bumping of a dead thread, whereas bumping is attempting to bring attention to any thread. is the difference here that it needs to be a meaningful contribution as opposed to solely *bump*?

as was mentioned, a "bump" offers nothing to a conversation. it literally says "i want this thread to get attention but don't want to contribute to the overall conversation at this time."

necroposting, however, is just posting after a thread is considered "dead". so, random example, if there's an old thread about a niche game that hasn't seen any posts in 3 years, but YOU just discovered the game and want to see if anyone else is still interested, you can post about that game in that old thread and it's perfectly okay.

since hangouts exist specifically for casual chatting, using casual chat to revive them is acceptable. but bumping still doesn't contribute anything to conversation, so it's not allowed.