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what causes older posts to jump to the top of the forum

johndallas999

johndallas999

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Oct 9, 2008
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I know these forums will list new threads at the top but what causes older threads to jump back up to the top of the forum pages? Just curious....
 
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Everytime someone replies to a post it jumps to the number one post.
 
If someone posts in a thread 5 years old it will appear back to top of the list until someone posts in another to jump above again.
 
A search and a response will jump it to the top. I think they check the date after they respond. :(
 
johndallas999 said:
I know these forums will list new threads at the top but what causes older threads to jump back up to the top of the forum pages? Just curious....
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I think you mean why do you see old threads near the top but no new post. If so, it's likely a spammer posted in an old thread and the post was deleted by a mod. It still retains it's place at the top of the search results.
 
9 times out of ten either a spammer bumps a thread, troll or a newbie trying to look good. a newbie bumped a 3 year old thread the other day asking about the original iphone he answered the question like it was just posted. funny how some newbies can't search at all yet others a gifted with the ability to find old dead threads.
 
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