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#1 2012-09-08 08:34:18
- legobob23o
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Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
I've seen some people put the word "bump" in a reply to a topic and nothing else 
. I wonder why, so if you know, please tell me.
Thanks! 
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#2 2012-09-08 08:40:13
- LightFlash
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Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
Bump = Bring Up My Post.
When you post anything, it brings that topic to the first page of that forum, so it increases the chances of more people replying.
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#3 2012-09-08 08:46:22
- sonicfan12p
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Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
There is a rule however, you can only bump 1-3 times a day. To prevent spam of useless posts and such.
Why are the secret organizations getting all the attention?
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#4 2012-09-08 09:40:43
Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
Bump does not stand for Bring Up My Post. It is what is commonly called a "Backronym" in that the acronym was created after the word.
Besides for that, LightFlash and sonicfan12p are right.
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#5 2012-09-08 10:31:46
- legobob23o
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Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
LightFlash wrote:
Bump = Bring Up My Post.
When you post anything, it brings that topic to the first page of that forum, so it increases the chances of more people replying.
It looks like another way of increasing chances of getting replies is if atopic gets stickied. That is true I believe.
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#8 2012-09-08 13:47:29
- northmeister
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Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
CN12 wrote:
It just brings that topic up to the front so hopefully more people will post on it.
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#9 2012-09-08 13:49:44
Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
northmeister wrote:
CN12 wrote:
It just brings that topic up to the front so hopefully more people will post on it.
Wha? Don't stick your tongue out at me!
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#12 2012-09-08 15:50:37
Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
Wes64 wrote:
henley wrote:
Your signature makes me not want to talk to you.
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#14 2012-09-08 16:45:40
Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
^^^
guys I was just correcting henley's spelling... let's not gang up on people here
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#16 2012-09-08 16:51:47
Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
sonicfan12p wrote:
There is a rule however, you can only bump 1-3 times a day. To prevent spam of useless posts and such.
Should only be one: three times is often considered overkill
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#17 2012-09-08 22:16:04
- MoreGamesNow
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Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
SJRCS_011 wrote:
sonicfan12p wrote:
There is a rule however, you can only bump 1-3 times a day. To prevent spam of useless posts and such.
Should only be one: three times is often considered overkill
I've never heard of an official rule. My rule is "be considerate". I've never bumped more than once a day (I think, it's been a while since I've "bumped" at all). If you bump three times in half an hour (which I have seen), you should probably wait for an hour or two and actually give us a chance to respond!
I would say that, as a guideline, a limit of three times a day is probably a fairly good one, so long as you wait an hour between bumps.
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#18 2012-09-09 01:40:29
- northmeister
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Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
CN12 wrote:
northmeister wrote:
CN12 wrote:
It just brings that topic up to the front so hopefully more people will post on it.
Wha? Don't stick your tongue out at me!
You said comment, I changed it to post.
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#19 2012-09-09 02:08:15
Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
I had to bump a topic 4 times in 8 days.
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#21 2012-09-11 00:13:27
- mythbusteranimator
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Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
In other words, you could say "FUZZYCHEESE" and it would still bump your post.
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#22 2012-09-11 05:27:57
- legobob23o
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Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
mythbusteranimator wrote:
In other words, you could say "FUZZYCHEESE" and it would still bump your post.
But that would be spamming. 
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#23 2012-09-11 11:56:30
- sonicfan12p
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Re: Why Do People Put "Bump" In Their Posts?
Well, there is a way to keep it up there without spamming neccessarily, delete all bumps and then post another bump. But you should try to at least wait until your topic is off the first page before doing that strategy. Or at least wait a day. So other people get the top spot.
Why are the secret organizations getting all the attention?
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