"What does "Bump" mean when used on the discussion board?"

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"It's used to bring the question to peoples attention"

by What_A_Card on Aug 10 2007 (30 months ago)

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People use it to "bump" the question to the top of the discussion list. The "Active Discussion" tab on the Askville home page is listed by time, with the most recent discussion at the top. So, by typing bump, it potentially brings the question to the attention of anyone browsing the Active Discussions.

Additionally, it pops the question up to the top of the "Discussions" list under "My Askville" for the people already involved in the question, either the question asker, question answerers, or other discussion participants.

People use "bump" to try to get other Askvillers' attention, whether to get more answers to the question, or simply to restart a stalled discussion.

"Bump" is just shorthand for "bump to the top of the list". Any comment would serve the same purpose, though. For example, if you were interested in trying to get more answers, you could type "hey, anyone else interested in giving an answer?". It would serve the same purpose by bumping it up to the top of the discussion lists.

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"change the most recent post date"

by MrItty on Aug 10 2007 (30 months ago)

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In many online forums, if a discussion has not had a recent post in a few days, a user might "bump" it back to the top of a chronologically-sorted list of dicussions by posting a content-less message to that forum. That is, the only purpose of the message is to change the date of the last post in that discussion, so that the discussion again appears at the top of people's watched discussions/threads. The intent is generally to remind participants in the discussion that the discussion isn't finished yet, and to please make further posts on it.

I haven't seen this happen very much on Askville, but I've seen it in several other discussion forums, newsgroups, bulletin boards, etc.

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"It's a way of moving the discussion to the top of the active list without adding content."

by TeeSeeJay on Aug 10 2007 (30 months ago)

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You'll notice that the discussion pages are ranked by activity, in descending order. Discussions that have been recently updated are at the top of the heap. Posting an otherwise empty "bump" message figuratively "bumps" that discussion to the top of the pile.

Bumping is generally used by people interested in a discussion but not so interested that they actually want to say something about it, and are afraid that other people may have missed or forgotten about the discussion at hand. So they post a "bump" to get it to the top of the list where other people are likely to see it and want to comment.

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""Bumping" a thread on a discussion board is to reply to it long after its considered inactive or dormant."

by jarlich on Aug 10 2007 (30 months ago)

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Many people read forums by looking primarily at new posts since their last visit. When people stop replying to a thread, it becomes an archive or sorts. If someone exclaims "Bump" they are knowingly resurrecting an old thread. If someone accuses you of bumping it usually is a mildly negative sentiment.

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"Can someone get back to me?"

by beerhead500 on Aug 10 2007 (30 months ago)

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It usually means someone asked a questions and no one answered it. So they give it a bump to get it noticed again.

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"What does "Bump" mean when used on the discussion board?"

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"It's used to bring the question to peoples attention"

"change the most recent post date"

"It's a way of moving the discussion to the top of the active list without adding content."

""Bumping" a thread on a discussion board is to reply to it long after its considered inactive or dormant."

"Can someone get back to me?"

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