Quote from: friends1980 on August 11, 2019, 10:17:41 PM

An other trick to rank up seems to be by bumping your own threads in Meta and Beginners boards.

Bumping trash thread does not help you earn a single merit.

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I suppose this is just a small "accident de parcours" because I am quite sure a Hero Member has too much honor and dignity to lower himself to such practices.

You should read forum rules before commenting posts lite this.
I usually do not bump my thread each day, around 3-days per one bump, or even longer. There is nothing wrong about that, especially if thread owners bump their useful threads.

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This humble Senior Member would nonetheless suggest not to repeat it. It sets a questionable example for lower-ranked members like this one, or this one, who have been punished for bumping their Merited posts recently.

If repeatedly vioate rules, punishments to come, sure; but by now, just deleting bumping posts (more than once per 24 hours) as warning, I think.