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emnk5308
emnk5308 Posts: 736
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What the he** does it mean?? O.O I've been on here about 5 weeks and see it on all these threads..but I can't figure out what y'all mean.

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  • gchutson
    gchutson Posts: 657
    What the he** does it mean?? O.O I've been on here about 5 weeks and see it on all these threads..but I can't figure out what y'all mean.

    People use it to "push" a topic back to the top of the list. When something new is posted to a string, it places at the top.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,420 Member
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump

    To bump a thread on an internet forum is to post a reply to it purely in order to raise the thread's profile. This will typically return it to the top of the list of active threads. It has been suggested that "bump" is an acronym of "bring up my post";[1] however, this is almost certainly a backronym and the usage is entirely consistent with the verb "bump" which means "to knock to a new position"
  • violet456
    violet456 Posts: 674 Member
    It is also used for when people what to read a thread later. Then they can find it on their profile posts and go back to the thread and read without having to do a search, and/or remember the topic title.
  • jdmorgan23x
    jdmorgan23x Posts: 6
    whatever topic is getting the most comments is moved to the top of the list if people feel like its a great topic the simply type "bump" to ensure that it stays at the top of the list
  • MrsAlcalde
    MrsAlcalde Posts: 261 Member
    I "bump" when I see a recipe or some info that I don't want to have to look for later. Bumping will "save" the thread under "My Topics" so that I can readily find it later
  • emnk5308
    emnk5308 Posts: 736
    WELL! I feel dumb =)
    Thanks..... :blushing:

    I'm 20 but that doesn't mean I do much blogging or anything..
  • Pandorian
    Pandorian Posts: 2,055 Member
    here on MFP it does 2 things, notice the threads are sorted by most recent activity, bump contibutes a post to the thread bringing it up through the order to "most recent" for viewing of others, but also, due to MFPs set up, it "flags" the thread in "my topics" so you can come back and read it later. But when that happens you can wind up with 15 pages of nothing but BUMP with what could have been an interesting topic other than having to page through all those "saves for later" which most of us could do by bookmarking the thread and coming back at our convenience.

    It is by time-stamp, that the threads here are sorted, not by responses.
  • krissyliz78
    krissyliz78 Posts: 181 Member
    WELL! I feel dumb =)
    Thanks..... :blushing:

    I'm 20 but that doesn't mean I do much blogging or anything..

    Dont feel bad. I asked the same question a few weeks ago!!
  • kgprice11
    kgprice11 Posts: 749 Member
    A bump can mean many things....

    A "baby bump"

    A "bump on the wrist"

    I "bump you"

    I am "bumping in my car"

    ..........etc


    I hope you can understand what it means now..

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