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2_Tron
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Maybe you do have knowledge about that universal bump-button but I am sure you did gain this information through unofficial channels. If you have been here long enough, you'd have noticed how active the General sub-forum once was and how many times a J-Mod would divulge to the public that F-Mods had the ability to mass-bump threads in the event of a rule-breaking spree. "Unofficial" channels? If a J-Mod or a regular player for that matter would share this information with others, am I to blame here? Just like the F-Mod told you that it was her that bumped your thread, many others have confirmed that they do indeed possess this ability.
As mentioned, if you were present in the Mod Poppy era, you'd have known about this universal bump feature by now and this thread wouldn't have been created. But hey, here we are
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Maybe you do have knowledge about that universal bump-button but I am sure you did gain this information through unofficial channels. If you have been here long enough, you'd have noticed how active the General sub-forum once was and how many times a J-Mod would divulge to the public that F-Mods had the ability to mass-bump threads in the event of a rule-breaking spree. "Unofficial" channels? If a J-Mod or a regular player for that matter would share this information with others, am I to blame here? Just like the F-Mod told you that it was her that bumped your thread, many others have confirmed that they do indeed possess this ability.
As mentioned, if you were present in the Mod Poppy era, you'd have known about this universal bump feature by now and this thread wouldn't have been created. But hey, here we are
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17-Aug-2020 14:41:50
2_Tron
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Thus I do wonder, why was it mentioned just recently and why so much more than back in the day? The purpose of the "universal bump-button" right now is more or less being used for sweeping under the carpet rather than it is used what it really was made for.
Where are those spamming-sprees? I believe it was mentioned because you noticed that someone bumped your thread:
2_Tron said :
LOL ... someone used my bump-button but rest assured I'll be replying soon, sooner if my english was as good as my dutch.
The Forum Moderator that bumped your thread decided to give you an explanation as to why this was used and why she publicly decided to state her reasons; however, this was not enough for you as you didn't agree with it and even created a separate thread about it. It isn't that serious. She believed that your thread was worthy of a bump due to the amount of locked/moved threads that were present on the first page of this sub-forum. If anything, I'd be grateful that an F-Mod thought a thread of mine was worthy and decided to bring it up to the first page.
Furthermore, it isn't only a rule-breaking spree that needs to occur in order for them to use this tool. For example, if there are a lot of moved threads on the first page, they may bump threads so that those moved threads are then located on the second page of the sub-forum and worthy threads are back on page 1 for further discussions. I believe this is what happened to this thread when the Forum Moderator used her bump button to bring it back after having seen numerous moved threads that were in the way of discussion-worthy threads.
Thus I do wonder, why was it mentioned just recently and why so much more than back in the day? The purpose of the "universal bump-button" right now is more or less being used for sweeping under the carpet rather than it is used what it really was made for.
Where are those spamming-sprees? I believe it was mentioned because you noticed that someone bumped your thread:
2_Tron said :
LOL ... someone used my bump-button but rest assured I'll be replying soon, sooner if my english was as good as my dutch.
The Forum Moderator that bumped your thread decided to give you an explanation as to why this was used and why she publicly decided to state her reasons; however, this was not enough for you as you didn't agree with it and even created a separate thread about it. It isn't that serious. She believed that your thread was worthy of a bump due to the amount of locked/moved threads that were present on the first page of this sub-forum. If anything, I'd be grateful that an F-Mod thought a thread of mine was worthy and decided to bring it up to the first page.
Furthermore, it isn't only a rule-breaking spree that needs to occur in order for them to use this tool. For example, if there are a lot of moved threads on the first page, they may bump threads so that those moved threads are then located on the second page of the sub-forum and worthy threads are back on page 1 for further discussions. I believe this is what happened to this thread when the Forum Moderator used her bump button to bring it back after having seen numerous moved threads that were in the way of discussion-worthy threads.
17-Aug-2020 14:57:37 - Last edited on 17-Aug-2020 14:59:48 by Mrs Ana
For the record, the thread author is the sole forumer who created (let me borrow the term) a storm in a teacup.
2_Tron said :
2_Tron said :
LOL ... someone used my bump-button but rest assured I'll be replying soon, sooner if my english was as good as my dutch.
Maynne said :
There are times extra-ordinary bumping is needed to be done to deliberately push lock threads down towards page 2 faster. Though this time, there is not enough relevant active threads from page 2 to supply the first page of W&F. There is nothing special here, just a regular housekeeping stuff.
I can not prove who hit the bump-button of this thread and I do not know why, because being on page 2 this thread didn’t gain any harm me being occupied with monitoring General and the things discussed here by several players/moderators.
Now players got the idea that the OP did bump this thread but I have to strongly say … I did not have bumped this thread,
There is no controversy over it, there is no damage inflicted against anyone with the use of the universal bump button for housekeeping. All that was done is to push valid threads back to page 1 of the forum. You raised the concern, hence I answered on your original thread my side - it was out of courtesy in fact. Tens of valid threads were bumped, and you were the only one who made an issue out of it.
Right now, as of this message's posting, there are a handful of lock threads in page 1 of W&F. I'll repeat the housekeeping process, there is no damage done. In fact if your thread is bumped as part of this process, it is a part of the solution - be glad.
This will be my first and last post in this thread, I will not entertain further discussion - as there is no issue over it to begin with. If you wish to propose that Fmods be banned from doing housekeeping tasks here in RSOF then say it directly.
2_Tron said :
2_Tron said :
LOL ... someone used my bump-button but rest assured I'll be replying soon, sooner if my english was as good as my dutch.
Maynne said :
There are times extra-ordinary bumping is needed to be done to deliberately push lock threads down towards page 2 faster. Though this time, there is not enough relevant active threads from page 2 to supply the first page of W&F. There is nothing special here, just a regular housekeeping stuff.
I can not prove who hit the bump-button of this thread and I do not know why, because being on page 2 this thread didn’t gain any harm me being occupied with monitoring General and the things discussed here by several players/moderators.
Now players got the idea that the OP did bump this thread but I have to strongly say … I did not have bumped this thread,
There is no controversy over it, there is no damage inflicted against anyone with the use of the universal bump button for housekeeping. All that was done is to push valid threads back to page 1 of the forum. You raised the concern, hence I answered on your original thread my side - it was out of courtesy in fact. Tens of valid threads were bumped, and you were the only one who made an issue out of it.
Right now, as of this message's posting, there are a handful of lock threads in page 1 of W&F. I'll repeat the housekeeping process, there is no damage done. In fact if your thread is bumped as part of this process, it is a part of the solution - be glad.
This will be my first and last post in this thread, I will not entertain further discussion - as there is no issue over it to begin with. If you wish to propose that Fmods be banned from doing housekeeping tasks here in RSOF then say it directly.
17-Aug-2020 14:59:04 - Last edited on 17-Aug-2020 15:07:35 by Maynne
Huge mountain out of a mole hill.
Sadly this thread hasn't gone down too well with several people due to bumps not done by OP's. This has been done for years and years. It's NOT New. So don't be shocked or surprised threads get bumped now and then in stealth.
It's not like the F-Mod team go out of our way to just bump something because We like it that never happens. We bump to make the forums IE page 1 of a section less spammy and cluttered with locked/hidden threads.
Any thread bumped is randomly picked from page 2-3 even page 4-5.
So no idea why people are getting upset over nothing.
The bumping will carry on as and when required. It's housekeeping.
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Sadly this thread hasn't gone down too well with several people due to bumps not done by OP's. This has been done for years and years. It's NOT New. So don't be shocked or surprised threads get bumped now and then in stealth.
It's not like the F-Mod team go out of our way to just bump something because We like it that never happens. We bump to make the forums IE page 1 of a section less spammy and cluttered with locked/hidden threads.
Any thread bumped is randomly picked from page 2-3 even page 4-5.
So no idea why people are getting upset over nothing.
The bumping will carry on as and when required. It's housekeeping.
Comprehensive Account Security
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17-Aug-2020 15:32:33
The FMod toolkit was public knowledge in the Knowledge Base years ago when it existed on the RS website. It was explained which tools they had, including the universal bump button. And this information was released by Jagex themselves in the knowledge base.
It's not considered "confidential information".
Pretty much the only thing confidential about FMods at this point is the moderating policies (and whatever is contained in the FMod forums). I'm better than you, but that doesn't mean you're not great!
It's not considered "confidential information".
Pretty much the only thing confidential about FMods at this point is the moderating policies (and whatever is contained in the FMod forums). I'm better than you, but that doesn't mean you're not great!
17-Aug-2020 16:29:01
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