*Bump* according to MFP ? What does it mean

sheilamo
sheilamo Posts: 115 Member
edited September 25 in Health and Weight Loss
So I've been cruising around here on different forums and I see every so often someone saying bump. I'm assuming that it's something they want to save or tag or be able to come back to ????? but what am I missing here? Help!

If tagging a post is possible (so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle) how do you do that?

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  • Jenni268
    Jenni268 Posts: 202 Member
    When someone bumps it it usually means that they're interested in the question and want to read everyone's answers. When you write on a post it saves it under "My Topics" so you can keep checking the thread! :)
  • Southern_Bell
    Southern_Bell Posts: 17 Member
    I was wondering the same thing :\
  • freerange
    freerange Posts: 1,722 Member
    Yes that is it, at the top of the page there are tags. Home, Recent Post, MyTopics........ if you click on My Topics it will show you the last 25 threads you posted on, makes it easy to find topics you want to go back to.
  • Atlantique
    Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
    "Bump" does two things:

    -It gets the thread back onto the "recent posts" page and brings it up higher within a category, which means more people will see and (hopefully) respond to it.

    -It also adds the thread to "My topics", which can make it easier to find a thread again.
  • sheilamo
    sheilamo Posts: 115 Member
    Jenni,

    Thanks! Now I know....
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    The threads with the latest posts show at the top of the list. So "bump"ing a thread means to push it up to the top of the list with a post.
  • ZachyABaby
    ZachyABaby Posts: 235
    Bump is just posting to bump the topic to the top of the forum it's in so it will be seen by more people and hopefully get more activity.
  • mitts1970
    mitts1970 Posts: 56
    Thanks for posting this - I was wondering the same thing and I now I know how it works!!!
  • sheilamo
    sheilamo Posts: 115 Member
    Thanks guys!
  • Jami22
    Jami22 Posts: 253 Member
    I do it to make sure it goes in "my topics" so I can find it again later.
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