Auto-bump issue?

Section62

Not sure this thread was auto-bumped -

[Removed by Forum Team]

- but if it was, is there a way the auto-bump system could be tweaked to not bump threads which were started by a now banned poster, or are spam-like?

The thread involved was one of those which seemed like a prelude to a "Here's the great tool I've developed!" response, and has since attracted a spam/advertising post.

Understandable the forum team don't want new member's queries to go unanswered, but if the new member has been banned or the post has been identified as probable spam, then bumping the post just wastes people's time and risks attracting similar disruptive posting to the detriment of the forum. Better to allow such posts to be quietly forgotten.

QrizB

If the original post had been considered spam it would've been deleted.

Presumably it was one or more of that account's other 14 posts that resulted in the banning?

MSE_Stephen

Hi everyone,

We can't comment on why a user was banned.

For the bumping, I'm afraid the automations aren't sophisticated enough yet to prevent specific user roles being bumped.

Section62

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82027276#Comment_82027276

Thanks MSE_Stephen. Would it be possible to add this to the list of things to be looked at in future?

For clarification, where I said "are spam-like" and "identified as probable spam" I meant posts which have been flagged as 'spam' by one or more forumites using the report feature, not posts which have already been deleted by the forum team. I thought the spam flag being set would be a criteria the forum software would find it relatively easy to check before auto-bumping.

MSE_Stephen

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82027388#Comment_82027388

Hi

This is something we'll have more control over in the near future when we move to the new layouts.

Currently, the spam option is actually a kind of 'Reaction' (like 'Thanks'), that has fixed 'Remove after x presses' flow. The newer layouts have better automation options.