- It will delete the previously posted bump message before posting a new bump message.
- If it fails to delete the previous bump message, it will stop running immediately and stops posting any more bump messages to avoid cluttering.
- Bumps will be posted every 24 hours (or slightly above that because of the no-delete rule for posts younger than 24 hours).
- The scraping of posts is done using the wap2 version of the post.
- The bump message remains the same message during all times (and includes a line of text explaining that it is an automatically posted message).
Is this allowed? Should I use a new newbie account or is using my own account for this okay?
This is very okay. I don't see anything you have stated about breaking any forum rules and using your own account shouldn't be a problem too.
We often get caught up doing other things and even forget to do certain tasks here. A bot would really be helpful so long as it's acting within the stated rules of the forum.
I hope that the admins will do something to block these actions so that we can have a usable services section in the future.
Why so?
So long as he hasn't broken the forum rules, how he carries out his business is up to him. At the end of day if he hasn't responded to the posts then it's his loss, not any other forum member for that matter.