What's the bumping etiquette on MFP?

roolmc

It was my understanding that bumping a discussion was to highlight it. For example re-asking an orphaned question or reiterating an important point. I would have though overuse is a little like highlighting a whole page of text book (which I've seen done); redundant, and perhaps a little spammy? Or, am I totally wrong and it's just used as a "like" button here?

jbutterflye

There's etiquette on MFP?? :noway:

fitfortrack1

I think some people use it to mark a conversation so they can look back at it for reference or because they find it interesting.

dinosnopro

depends. Your own thread? I would say no sooner than an hour, an old thread? I would not bump any thread that is more than a week old. IMHO

roolmc

I think some people use it to mark a conversation so they can look back at it for reference or because they find it interesting.

Ah, OK, I see why people would do that... but it does fill up interesting topics with noise which is a shame.

Lone_Wolf70

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roolmc

depends. Your own thread? I would say no sooner than an hour, an old thread? I would not bump any thread that is more than a week old. IMHO

I don't think I ever bumped a thread tbh. The only situation I think I would is if I found someone asking a question I would really like to know the answer but it's slipped down the discussion list (for whatever reason).

taunto

depends. Your own thread? I would say no sooner than an hour, an old thread? I would not bump any thread that is more than a week old. IMHO

Pretty much this

cmriverside

Yeah, unlike most vBulletin formatted forums, you can't Subscribe to threads here, and you can't Unsubscribe. So lots of people will bump a thread to get it into their topics.

This is not the most user-friendly forum.

Crankstr

I wrote *licks paw* one time to bump a thread when I had a cat picture up, to be cute and stuff.


and i got a warning:grumble:

jbutterflye

I wrote *licks paw* one time to bump a thread when I had a cat picture up, to be cute and stuff.


and i got a warning:grumble:

was the cat naked?

dirtnap63

This is not the most friendly forum.

Fixed it for you.

MyChocolateDiet

I felt it reasonable to bump an old thread the other day as it was the only one I found thru research of these threads or on google dealing with the topic I was interested in, but not answered fully by the few repliers. I hoped bumping it would let fresh eyes and new info perhaps answer the question. I don't see what would be wrong with that?

76tech

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