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BUMP?

taylorajohnson1012
taylorajohnson1012 Posts: 4
edited December 2024 in Introduce Yourself
What does "bump" mean?

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  • ErikaLynn89
    ErikaLynn89 Posts: 47
    It's just a way of moving a thread back the first page of the forums to get more posts.
  • Pandorian
    Pandorian Posts: 2,055 Member
    Here on MFP it tends to be used to "flag" a topic so it shows under "my topics" so you can find it easier later when you want to read it.
    Forums generally are sorted by most recent posts, so the original user BUMPing their post brings it back to the top so more people can see it.
    If you're on your computer at home CTRL-D to bookmark the thread does the same thing and you can check it as many times as you want, while avoiding a post that gets maybe 25 real "posts" over the 20 pages of 25 results 19 pages being "bump"
  • hhindsle
    hhindsle Posts: 43 Member
    oops, I read it was a way to mark a thread you want under "My topics" to come back to later so that's how I have been using it. My bad, sorry folks
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    oops, I read it was a way to mark a thread you want under "My topics" to come back to later so that's how I have been using it. My bad, sorry folks
    On here, it is. It's like internet forum bookmarking.

    On other sites it's sometimes used to get folks to see YOUR post. But on here it's also used to sorta "bookmark" things for later reading.
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