"The whole point of bumping is to put active threads first so that people won't have to start a new thread every time they want to ask about something, like now. "
Its easy enough to use our search feature to see if there are other threads on an issue and post to one of them rather than start a new one. So often, when ppl dont bother to do that, someone else takes the time and posts a link for them and explains how to use the search feature to get the best results.
i, and lots of others, take advantage of another feature to see active threads. either set the entire forum or each one individually to show active threads within the time frame you choose, be it 1 day, 2 days, a week, etc. If someone posts today on a thread thats a year old, its right there on the pages i set condensed to "show active in last day".
that said, its pretty annoying when someone goes to an old thread and posts the single word "bump" without any additions of value or further questions just to get it to show up in the set active time frame.
