What does bump or bumping up mean?

[Birker2020]

Hi guys, sorry not so au fait on these posts?

What does it mean when someone puts the words bump or bumping up on a thread?

Sorry to be ignorant.

Im guessing it means ditto?????

 

[LaurenBay]

It means that by "bumping" the post would go back to the first page and top off the list so more people can view it.

 

[Henbug]

people will "bump" a thread to move it back up the list of threads to stop it being pushed down the page as new threads are posted.

 

[Henbug]

You beat me to it!

 

[skydancer]

hi hun
someone will bump a thread if there are not enuff rsponses to it - ie if you start a thread and noone answers it the thread will be sent further and further down the pages so if you bump it it is a way of getting it back onto the first page, sorry not a very good explanation ut i tried lol

 

[millreef]

bump

 

[use a name]

It Stands for B-bump U-up M-my P-post...Bump!To get it back to the top so its not lost at the bottom,so people post

 

[bumblelion]

Hi guys, sorry not so au fait on these posts?

What does it mean when someone puts the words bump or bumping up on a thread?

Sorry to be ignorant.

Im guessing it means ditto?????

I'm pleased you asked this, I didn't know what it meant either! Thought it was something to do with being pregnant lol! I can now join the "bump" club!

 

[Birker2020]

Thanks guys for your help! I understand now

 

[Lobelia_Overhill]

It Stands for B-bump U-up M-my P-post...Bump!To get it back to the top so its not lost at the bottom,so people post

erm, no it doesn't, that's what's called a backronym, for some reason people were convinced that B U M P stood for something (which it doesn't, it's just the word bump used to keep a thread active on a board) so someone somewhere invented Bring (or Bump) Up My Post... which doesn't make any sense since you can't move your post, you can only affect the thread as a whole.



see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_(Internet)