# Why was this post closed? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 4, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617 "2003-02-04T00:08:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/1 "2003-02-04T00:08:28Z")
This is not a complaint of Czarcasm’s decision to close down the [Swappington’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=159617) thread. I was just wondering why it was… ---
**Author:** ![essohbee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@essohbee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essohbee)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/2 "2003-02-04T00:16:17Z")
Well, posting to a thread with the sole porpose to move it up the line and on the first page of that forum is generally frowned upon, twice as much if you’re the op and four times as much if the sole content of your post is “_bump_”. This is also known as _terminal stupidity_. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/3 "2003-02-04T00:17:11Z")
I thought that might be the reason, but I wasn’t sure 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/4 "2003-02-04T00:34:45Z")
Which part of > [@](#): > > No _bump_. > A thread either lives or dies of it’s own volition. left that in doubt? ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/5 "2003-02-04T00:36:24Z")
I understood that. But was that worthy of closing the thread? ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/6 "2003-02-04T01:35:04Z")
Obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/7 "2003-02-04T01:49:00Z")
Seems to me I’ve read that a SINGLE bump by the OP is OK if the thread gets no responses, or perhaps to get the attention of folks in another hemisphere, or at a time more likely to get responses. True? (Even if that’s true, I don’t think it applies here, because the thread DID get a few responses and THEN petered out.) ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/8 "2003-02-04T02:06:07Z")
Well, according to [this post in the FAQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1997121#post1997121), bumping your own thread is discouraged but not explicitly forbidden. Has this guideline changed? ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/9 "2003-02-04T02:11:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CuriousCanuck \* > \*\*I understood that. But was that worthy of closing the thread? \*\* No. Here’s why : _A thread either lives or dies of it’s own volition._ That statement is patently false. Of course, the merit of the OP and the ensuing discussion _can_ play a part in it’s meaningful lifespan but those aren’t the only factors and not necessarily the dominant factors depending on the topic. Time of posting and competing threads at the time of posting also play a part. A thread posted late night and eclipsed by other existing threads might disappear of the first two pages by morning never to be revived by potentially interested contributors. That said, _bump_ posts should be considered on a case to case basis. In this case, the OP bumped the thread after 90 hours of inactivity. That should have been overlooked. But a second bump despite no further activity should have prompted a refrain. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/10 "2003-02-04T02:52:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > \*\*Well, according to [this post in the FAQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1997121#post1997121), bumping your own thread is discouraged but not explicitly forbidden. Has this guideline changed? \*\* I would like to know, too. I posted a GQ on a Saturday morning, about a science issue. It died, so I bumped it on Monday, figuring some non weekend Dopers would see it at work. I got the replies I was looking for. What is wrong with that? Especially considering what is said in the FAQs. ---
**Author:** ![Fyodor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/958977/32.png) [@Fyodor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fyodor)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/11 "2003-02-04T13:32:19Z")
Is “it’s own volition” a contraction of “it is own volition” or “it was own volition” or perhaps what was meant was “its own volition”? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/12 "2003-02-04T13:46:11Z")
I unlocked the thread. I meant “its”. Thank you for the correction, **Fyodor**. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/13 "2003-02-04T13:53:16Z")
IMHO Mods sometimes just get into nasty moods and take it out on us, I would guess that sometimes we are responsible for those moods. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/14 "2003-02-04T13:56:18Z")
I like your (note I didn’t say “you’re”) location, **Czarcasm** Where did you get your (see above) time machine? ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/15 "2003-02-04T15:07:38Z")
Czarcasm: thanks 🙂 Not that I really wanted to respond to the thread… it was just an “out of curiosity” thing… but that’s cause I’m a curious kind of guy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/16 "2003-02-04T15:36:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \* > \*\*I unlocked the thread. > I meant “its”. Thank you for the correction, **Fyodor**. \*\* Despite whatever differences you and I might have, I have enormous respect for you as a moderator, and this is just one more reason why. ---
**Author:** ![jane\_says](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jane\_says](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jane_says)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/17 "2003-02-04T19:28:28Z")
Well, no matter WHY it was close, surely **Broomstick** will be along presently to explain why the OP of the closed thread is a slimy, toilet-licking, pothead scumbag. And I speak from personal experience. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/18 "2003-02-04T19:37:40Z")
:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/19 "2003-02-04T21:00:12Z")
Jeez, **jane\_says** , just gotta spread it all over the forum, don’tcha? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617/20 "2003-02-05T00:37:46Z")
Why is it the only BBQ Pit threads I get are polite puddles of treacle? It makes me look like a nice guy, and nice guys _never_ get an Aministrators position. **Lib** , was that the _best_ you could do in a Pit thread? **Connie** , where are you when I _really_ need you? I swear to ghod that if I threatened to get medieval on your asses, you’d send me patterns for codpieces and recipes for mead. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-closed/152617.md?page=2)