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<<<<THE BUMP THREAD>>>>

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:12 pm
by LGM
OK, it's time to revive that old favorite of mine!

Here's your chance to senselessy bump a thread for whatever reason!

Tell the world... bumps are back!

[center]B*U*M*P !!!
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:10 pm
by woo
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:58 pm
by jedirieb
:ban: err... Image still not right... Image and if that's not obvious enough... BUMP!

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:53 am
by UAE Dragon
**BUMP**BUMP**BUMP**

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:09 pm
by UAE Dragon
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:50 pm
by LGM
Before and after bump:

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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:25 pm
by UAE Dragon
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:58 pm
by LGM
Bump-o-snow!

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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:09 pm
by Cassie
Bump (Internet)
[i]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [i]

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.

Motivation
Many Internet forums show as their first page a list of the 20-50 topics or "discussion threads" most recently posted to. Someone wishing to keep a thread on this first page, or bring an old thread back to it will post a reply to it purely to do this. If they are open about this, the post may simply be the word "bump".

Netiquette
Thread bumping is commonly considered a breach of netiquette and some moderated forums forbid it. Users may get around that by posting what is ostensibly a genuine reply. Sometimes this will mockingly contain the word "bump" in it, such as "Wandering the forum, he bumps into this thread...", or be a trivial question or response such as "Anyone?".

Sticky threads
Many forums now have features allowing administrators to make a thread "sticky", meaning that the thread will remain at the top regardless[1].
In a similar way a few forums create an area specifically for bumping (which usually does not count for a user's postcount). The thread is usually used as a way for forum goers to post on nothing in particular, or just pass time talking to themselves, and allows the moderators to lessen the clutter of pointless threads.

Trivia
BUMP is sometimes used as a backronym for "Bring Up My Post/Post count" or as a recursive acronym "Bump Up My Post".
Bumping old or inactive ("dead") threads is occasionally called "necroposting", and the bumping posts referred to as "frankenposts".


References
http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/guidelines.html
http://purplemartin.org/forumarchives/policy.htm
http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/announc ... p?f=70&a=2

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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:22 pm
by UAE Dragon
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