I would have thought the best solution is to have no rules.
Have a massive free-for-all.
Then leave it to a high-and-mighty moderator to warn and ban a few people, create a bit of tension and animosity.
THAT'S what forums thrive on and why people keep coming back. Remember the good old days? :mrgreen:

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Yawn, I would of thought the fundamental point is to only bump you own post.

I see nothing wrong with bumping a thread unless the person doing the bumping has something to gain.

If person A finds a freebie and a month later person B finds it then where is the harm in person B going to the original thread and posting "offer still on".

Who knows it might well be seen by someone who wants the freebie but missed the original post.

As aside, if someone's posting habits (e.g. bumping) annoy you but fall short of breaking the forum rules, you always have the option to ignore them by [url=http://www.imutual.co.uk/forum/ucp.php?i=zebra&mode=foes]making them a "foe"[/url]. Foes are members which will be "ignored" by default when you view the forum i.e. posts by these members will not be fully visible.

I would say only bump a topic that is over 1 month since the last post

[quote="squire"]I could have sworn (as you can see my Blog if you look around a bit, but I digress...) that we all voted and narrowly (and upsettingly for some) agreed no signatures with links, possibly no signatures at all.[/quote]

No, we voted against [b]external links[/b] but sigs with links to imutual posts (which themselves may contain external links) are allowed

[quote="badtothebone"]Could I have some clarification please?

In light of the Persimmon Homes Competition do we now post any competitions in the Other Stuff Forum and no longer in the Competitions Forum?[/quote]

I took the view that people expect the Competitions forum to have opportunities for [b]them[/b] to win something, where as this was an appeal to help a good cause get something. Perhaps, if we get more of these, we should have a separate 'good causes' forum :?

[quote="badtothebone"]Also clarification please on the preferred forum to post Money Off Coupons would be appreciated since they seem to lunch between the Freebies Forum and Offers And Bargains.[/quote]

If the 'money off' code still involves someone having to spend money (albeit at a discount) then I'd say "Offers & Bargains". But if the coupon entitles them to something completely free, then "Freebies"

All I can say is that I'm delighted that my post has caused so much fuss. Win win all round - Persimmons Homes (to which I'm not connected!!!) are constantly being quoted for all the right reasons, and there's a myriad of charities who stand to win a substantial amount of money - hopefully it'll be St Basils.

As some of you know, I try to use the correct etiquette on the forum, but I'm learning as I'm rather new to all this. I'm not sure that a ruling is needed, to be honest here - although people should be aware that bumping can lead them to missing a bargain which was bumped off due to silliness!

Oh, better not forget the reason I came onto the forum - almost forgot to post that there are 5 Gift Hulk coins for grabs if you put
2000000keys
into the fountain of youth.

But best do that on the correct bit!

Could I have some clarification please?

In light of the Persimmon Homes Competition do we now post any competitions in the Other Stuff Forum and no longer in the Competitions Forum?

Also clarification please on the preferred forum to post Money Off Coupons would be appreciated since they seem to lunch between the Freebies Forum and Offers And Bargains.

[quote="dorisisfurtheraway"][quote="Drahcir"]Perhaps create a separate forum for good causes![/quote]
Only if we can have a forum for bad causes as well.
https://www.conservatives.com/Donate.aspx[/quote]

Thanks for that, I've just donated! :twisted:

[quote="Drahcir"]Perhaps create a separate forum for good causes![/quote]
Only if we can have a forum for bad causes as well.
https://www.conservatives.com/Donate.aspx