I know I'm probably opening myself to all kinds of abuse here, but what does it mean when somebody posts and just says "Bump"?

All that means is they (or I) want that particular thread to go back (bumped) to the front of the line so more people will comment on it.

Not opening yourself to abuse, I wondered that at first, then I noticed, the way ECN forums are set up, active topics will bounce to the top of the list.

The "bump" post simply kicks it back to the top so people who may have missed the thread (in a period of heavy posting for example) get a chance to read it

Bumping a topic is a way of getting an older thread that is forgotten about back to the top of the list, so people will see it again.

For example, the Friday night chat thread gets bumped just about every Friday

Bump

How about Tapa Tapa Tapa.

Thanks , I wondered about the "bump" thingy too and wasn't sure what to do with it.

I see you are never to old to learn something.

"We want the bump, gotta have the bump..."

Who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?

Sorry.... Couldn't resist!

..Bimp...


Thenk YEW....
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Not now Kato!

You said MINKEY

If it's done at night, it'd be one of those things that go "bump" in the night...

Sorry,
I could be the one most to blame here for bumping threads back up to the top of the Forums.
We don't have a current facility here where we can "stick" threads to the top of any of our Forums.
I like to "bump" the Friday Night Chat thread up every Friday Night here (actually a Saturday morning here), it just reminds folks that the Chat room is open and you are more than welcome to join us, nothing more, nothing less.