|
Bump (internet)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
(Redirected from BUMP)
Look up BUMP and bump in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
To bump a thread on an internet discussion forum is to post a reply in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads. This is also called thread necromancy or gravedigging.
Typically, a thread may be bumped after it has received no replies in several days, or when other (and for the bumper less significant) threads have knocked it off the front page.
Thread bumping is commonly considered a breach of netiquette and some moderated forums forbid it. Users may get around that by making a trivial reply rather than just the word "bump."
Another way frequently used to get around it is by posting a reply containing the word "bump" in it, such as *Is wandering the forum when he bumps into this thread*.
BUMP is sometimes used as a backronym for "Bring Up My Post"
__________________
"History is'a made at night! Character is what you are in the dark!" John Whorfin --------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
|