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SweetErika
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It's posting in a thread to "bump" it back up to the top of the page so more people see it (since many don't go beyond the first page of each forum). Go to Personals and you'll see some great examples of guys bumping their own threads over and over and over, trying to get some attention.
Bumping can range from helpful to annoying (e.g. when someone does it for no apparent reason or starts digging up really old threads w/o cause) to something that can get you banned from many boards, including this one (when it's purpose is to disrupt the forum). So, use it sparingly and try to post something a little more thoughtful than 'bump' if you do so.
Bumping can range from helpful to annoying (e.g. when someone does it for no apparent reason or starts digging up really old threads w/o cause) to something that can get you banned from many boards, including this one (when it's purpose is to disrupt the forum). So, use it sparingly and try to post something a little more thoughtful than 'bump' if you do so.
Calvin
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and to "formalize" SweetErika's response... per Wikipedia....
Bump (internet)
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To bump a thread on an internet forum is to post a reply in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads. For inactive threads, this is also called "necroposting", i.e. thread necromancy, or "gravedigging", as old threads are said to be dying or dead.
Typically, a thread may be bumped after it has received no replies in several days or when other, perhaps less significant, threads have knocked it off the front page. Inactive threads that have been bumped are sometimes referred to as frankenposts, depending on their content.
Thread bumping, which in its most open form is simply a post consisting of the word "bump", is commonly considered a breach of netiquette and some moderated forums forbid it. Users may get around that by posting what is ostensibly a genuine reply. Sometimes this will mockingly contain the word "bump" in it, such as *Is wandering the forum when he bumps into this thread*. It may also take the form of a trivial question or response such as "Anyone?", rather than using the word "bump" which makes clear their intention.
In other instances, bumping is used to keep threads deemed important from falling off a front page. In this case, bumping would not be a breach of netiquette; to the contrary, it may be seen as a necessary if mundane task to be performed. However, many forums now have features allowing administrators to make a thread "sticky", that is, the thread will remain at the top regardless.
BUMP is sometimes used as a backronym for "Bring Up My Post/Postcount" or as a recursive acronym "Bump Up My Post".
A few forums create a thread specifically for bumping (which usually does not count for a user's postcount). The thread is usually used as a way for forum goers to post on nothing in particular, or just pass time talking to themselves, and allows the moderators to lessen the clutter of pointless threads.
Bump (internet)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Look up BUMP, bump in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
To bump a thread on an internet forum is to post a reply in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads. For inactive threads, this is also called "necroposting", i.e. thread necromancy, or "gravedigging", as old threads are said to be dying or dead.
Typically, a thread may be bumped after it has received no replies in several days or when other, perhaps less significant, threads have knocked it off the front page. Inactive threads that have been bumped are sometimes referred to as frankenposts, depending on their content.
Thread bumping, which in its most open form is simply a post consisting of the word "bump", is commonly considered a breach of netiquette and some moderated forums forbid it. Users may get around that by posting what is ostensibly a genuine reply. Sometimes this will mockingly contain the word "bump" in it, such as *Is wandering the forum when he bumps into this thread*. It may also take the form of a trivial question or response such as "Anyone?", rather than using the word "bump" which makes clear their intention.
In other instances, bumping is used to keep threads deemed important from falling off a front page. In this case, bumping would not be a breach of netiquette; to the contrary, it may be seen as a necessary if mundane task to be performed. However, many forums now have features allowing administrators to make a thread "sticky", that is, the thread will remain at the top regardless.
BUMP is sometimes used as a backronym for "Bring Up My Post/Postcount" or as a recursive acronym "Bump Up My Post".
A few forums create a thread specifically for bumping (which usually does not count for a user's postcount). The thread is usually used as a way for forum goers to post on nothing in particular, or just pass time talking to themselves, and allows the moderators to lessen the clutter of pointless threads.
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