What is bumping??

[IronSoldier73]

I hear a lot of game specialists telling people they aren't allowed to bump their threads or posts what does that mean?

[zachUVA]

A bump is an (otherwise useless) post on a thread that has the sole purpose of bringing a thread to the top of the subforum (threads are listed by most recent post). It's against forum rules to do that except for once a day in the Clan Talk subforum.

[devil9394]

I hear a lot of game specialists telling people they aren't allowed to bump their threads or posts what does that mean?

Bump is an abbreviation from "Bring Up My Post". It's when you post in your own thread to bring it back to the first page, from whichever page it was before. It is also used when you reply in an old topic, in which nobody posted in a long time; if you reply in such a topic people will say you bump the thread.

[hashtagbene]

Bump is an abbreviation from "Bring Up My Post"

I use forums since probably 7/8 years now and I didn't know this

[mattyboo1]

Bump is an abbreviation from "Bring Up My Post". It's when you post in your own thread to bring it back to the first page, from whichever page it was before. It is also used when you reply in an old topic, in which nobody posted in a long time; if you reply in such a topic people will say you bump the thread.

But why bother creating a new thread for a topic of an old thread already exists, I see people bumping threads from October 2012

[devil9394]

But why bother creating a new thread for a topic of an old thread already exists, I see people bumping threads from October 2012

This subject is quite delicate and there are some different opinions regarding this. For once, people are told not to create threads but to reply in the old ones, and second, people are told not to bump old threads.. the two contradict each other. I'd say bumping an old topic would be against the rules if the thread only has few replies, so it was not popular at its time, therefore it should stay buried in that time. However, if the idea is very popular (like Mastermind's Quest idea - 2013), then I'd say replying in such a topic would be ok. A moderator might have a different opinion about this matter, perhaps an official one, but I gave you my guess about it.

I use forums since probably 7/8 years now and I didn't know this

[KletusfromEvilQueso]

Essentially people bump their posts to attempt to gather more views and responses because their post matters more to them than any of the other posts in the forum.

[cargovroomvroom]

Bump is an abbreviation from "Bring Up My Post". It's when you post in your own thread to bring it back to the first page, from whichever page it was before. It is also used when you reply in an old topic, in which nobody posted in a long time; if you reply in such a topic people will say you bump the thread.

I learned something today.

[AxionXD]

Technically, there's a difference between BUMPing a thread and Necroing a thread.
The acceptable/unacceptable use is my own opinion and opinion may vary....

BUMPING
As another poster reported, this is specifically to the OP BUMPing his own thread, hence the M stands for MY. This is against forum rules as the belief is if there is any merit to your thread, it would be discussed naturally by other members without having to bring it up to the top artificially. Bumping is only when the OP brings up the post, specially in a way as this:

Unacceptable Use
"Daily Bump" or "Any other thoughts?" or "Come on guys, what do yall think?" or "Why is everyone ignoring my thread?"

Acceptable Use
Replying to your own thread, after others have, adding relevant information to further the dialog, is not considered BUMPing. It's only when you are posting with no additional information for the sole purpose of bringing your post back to the first page.



NECROING
Necroing may not be as cut and dry. Necroing is when you bring a post that has been long dead back to the front page.

Unacceptable Use
Necroing a post from three years ago just to say "Lol 10char" or otherwise not adding anything to the original conversation. Most of the time, conversations die for a reason. Many Necro threads I've seen that falls under this category is replying to a year old complain thread, say for example complaining about Zapping, just to say "Lol, this was fixed in the last update, derp!" as if that means anything to the two year old thread.

Acceptable Use
Using the search function, you find a post that may be a few months old but is relevant to a question or concern you have. You reply to said thread adding relevant discussion that would continue the conversation and get new perspective from newer users. How old is too old? That's like asking how hot is too hot for bath water. Each person would have their own tolerance level. It depends on the topic and how relevant the new information is being posted.