What the hell is up with bumping your own article?

Published on June 2, 2006 By BlueDev In Blogging

Maybe I'm tired. Maybe I'm just in a bad mood. Either way, I have to ask the following:

What the hell is the deal with people who feel the need to forum bump every damn article they write?

Are you just so damn impatient you can't wait the minute or two it takes for the forum database to update and your article to show up? I have never forum bumped one of my own articles, yet when I head to the forums I find every single one there, even if they have zero replies. So obviously, it isn't a necessity for your article to show up.

Or is it just that you are such attention whores that the thought that even 60 freaking seconds might pass without your little article getting its spotlight in the forums just too much to bear?

Just curious as to the motivation for a needless action.

*BlueDev prepares for the flames*

Comments (Page 2)

Gideon MacLeish

on Jun 06, 2006

Don't bitch, Brad has an uncanny knack for featuring stuff I'd just as soon sink, like my latest neighbor rant, lol!

Doncha hate that? I mean, Brad's pretty good at featuring the articles, but I've had a time or three where I'll come in and write four articles...three of which are heartfelt and took a lot of time and energy, and the fourth of which was basically dashed off with little forethought...only to see the fourth article featured! But I'm not going to bitch about being featured ever, especially since I'm mired in a bit of a slump in that department (to be fair, I've noticed the features aren't updating as frequently...I'm guessing a LOT of material from all of us hasn't gotten read because the powers that be are fairly busy, but still...lol!)

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