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chryssi2001 · #1 June 22nd, 2006, 05:17 PM

When you don't get answer to a post... do u post it again.. just wondering..

or you forget about your problem whatever it is...

renegade600 · #2 June 22nd, 2006, 05:46 PM

sometimes posts get lost among the hundreds that get posted daily. If yours got lost, return to the post and reply using only the word bump and it will be brought to the front of the pack again.

uripyores · #3 June 22nd, 2006, 05:48 PM

If it's a cybersafety problem, there is a thread dedicated to exactly that.
Otherwise,the advice I have seen suggested before was to repost it after a few days.
Or bump it.[as above post]

steveharrison84 · #4 June 22nd, 2006, 05:48 PM

when did you make the post ??
sometimes a wait of a couple of days is bound to happen,due to other
peeps being busy..btw you got a link to this post?

chryssi2001 · #5 June 22nd, 2006, 05:56 PM

Hello all thanks for answering.. this is my post http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...d.php?t=121489 and can you explain to me what do you mean "bump"? I was just thinking of changing the title of my post and re-post it. I know people is always busy at CTH i don't complain

but i just want to solve my problem... hope someone will be able to help me.

black mirror · #6 June 22nd, 2006, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chryssi2001

Hello all thanks for answering.. this is my post http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...d.php?t=121489 and can you explain to me what do you mean "bump"? I was just thinking of changing the title of my post and re-post it. I know people is always busy at CTH i don't complain

but i just want to solve my problem... hope someone will be able to help me.

i would love to be able to help Chrissi2001 in fact im googling and asking my old friend Jeeves now.....

**degsy** · #7 June 23rd, 2006, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chryssi2001

Hello all thanks for answering.. this is my post http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...d.php?t=121489 and can you explain to me what do you mean "bump"? I was just thinking of changing the title of my post and re-post it. I know people is always busy at CTH i don't complain

but i just want to solve my problem... hope someone will be able to help me.

Don't repost with a duplicate. You will only annoy the mods

If your post isn't answered in a day or two then make a post in your thread to remind people that you still have the problem.

oracle128 · #8 June 23rd, 2006, 01:15 PM

An even better idea than bumping your thread is simply to edit your original post (providing more details or further symptoms if possible) - this has the effect of a bump (the post gets moved up) but retains the zero reply count (so those who look specifically for threads without a reply will still find it). The worst thing you can do is post a duplicate problem, with a different name, reworded question, in another category, with a different username, etc. Bumping a post, while somewhat acceptable after waiting at least a couple days, has the problem of losing the kind of audience mentioned above.

EDIT: For some reason, I just noticed editing doesn't bring posts to the top anymore. Don't know when that behaviour was changed.

chryssi2001 · #9 June 23rd, 2006, 01:28 PM

Hi, nice ideas all of you thank you, i will have it in mind next time, because after this post, my post was given the proper attention.

**Tom** · #10 June 24th, 2006, 04:50 AM

Howdy All. Due to the volume of requests at the Cyber Safety forum, the most common practice among Helpers is to check through the oldest requests first, checking threads that have yet to receive a response. Reading through each thread would be seriously time consuming, so Helpers tend to first look for threads that have a zero (0) in the Replies column, which would indicate an unanswered request.

Given this, practices like "bumping" actually defeats the purpose of drawing attention, since a bump would then show as a one (1) in the Reply column, and could actually lead to a delay in response time.

To make sure no one's request gets missed, we have a "What to do if your topic has not been answered" Sticky at the top of the Cyber Safety forum page. Any Member who has posted a request that goes unanswered after 24 hours can post there, and someone will respond as soon as possible.

chryssi2001 · #11 June 24th, 2006, 06:31 AM

Hello Tom, that's a great idea.. as i am new to the forum didn't know about that sticky. I've seen other posts without answer too, that sticky will help.

By the way i would like to mention that with the help of black mirror i finally solved the problem i had after downloading SP2 and i would like to thank her 1 more time.