Forum Moderators have always had the universal bump button available to them. The reason being, and I'm sure you know and have been told before, is that if there is a rule-breaking spree in a given sub-forum, Forum Moderators are able to bump normal threads back to the first page for a continued discussion. Furthermore, it also allows them to slowly move down the threads that were actioned -- let that be a locked, moved or hidden thread. If a rule-breaker creates 10 threads and these are locked, moved or hidden, those normal threads get pushed down and the disruptive threads now take all the space on the first page of a sub-forum.
As soon as the Forum Moderator(s) in question deal with such nonsense, they are then able to bump threads that were there before the rule-breaking spree occurred. This tool is not there for Forum Moderators to bump your thread at their liking. It's there for housekeeping purposes and it has always been available to them to be utilized in these circumstances. Throughout my tenure here on the Forums, I have never seen anyone complain on the fact that a Forum Moderator bumped their thread because other rule-breaking threads pushed theirs down.
In fact, it actually helps you if you are unable to bump your own thread at that specific time due to the fact that the universal bump ability that Forum Moderators possess is not bound by the limit that regular users have. It's logical why they wouldn't be bound to this limit as this would allow them to mass-bump normal thread back to the first page after a regular housekeeping.
All in all, it's a very handy tool at their disposal to make sure that
OUR
threads are kept intact after someone else has come to the Forums to disrupt the peace. Forum Moderators are actually doing us a favor by bumping those threads back to their normal location prior to a spree that affected good threads. It's a tool that helps YOU keep your thread active for others to join the conversation.
13-Aug-2020 14:47:32
