[Coda]

The "no bumping" rule has always been there; its intent is just clarified with the new verbiage. A thread should remain active because of activity, not because it's being artificially kept to the top. Think for a moment: If your OOC thread is about to fall off the front page, that means there are that many other threads that have been active while yours has been idle.

If the thread IS idle, you are permitted to multi-post, by the way, so your objection is somewhat irrelevant. You don't need to get your friends to bump if you have something to say. In fact, creating a duplicate thread would itself be a violation of the rules if you KNOW that thread is there -- it's better to revive your existing thread. If you have enough content to re-make it, you have enough content to make a post in it.

I will take shops under consideration. This may be a valid case, at least until we get a proper marketplace.

I might also consider a bump button but I'll have to think about that for a while.