• Bilb!@lem.monster
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    1 年前

    It’s very common for forums to have rules against posting in a thread that hasn’t seen any activity for an arbitrary amount of time. When you do that, you will often cause a thread that has fallen from the front page to bump back to the top of the front page. It’s not clear why this is a problem, though. Maybe regulars just dislike seeing old topics brought back up?

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      1 年前

      It’s the snowball effect.

      Most people can’t think for themselves, so they just do what everyone else is doing.

      If you deviate from the crowd, then you’re in the wrong.