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A STUPID NEWBIE QUESTION
08/16/05 | BIRDS

Posted on 08/16/2005 4:32:53 PM PDT by BIRDS

I've been participating on FR in comments only a short while now but I learn (mostly) quickly (self promotion!).

My one delay on the FR Learning Curve is whattheheck does "bttt" mean?

I see it often on threads but I don't understand:

(1.) what the acronym (please tell me it's an acronym) means; and,

(2.) what purrpose it serves to type it.

So, oh wise learned Freepers, please explain. I thankyew.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: beebers; bttt; dittos; faq; freeperlingo; newbieissues; newbies; stuned
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1 posted on 08/16/2005 4:32:53 PM PDT by BIRDS
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To: BIRDS
Bump To The Top...

Meant as an agreement

2 posted on 08/16/2005 4:33:57 PM PDT by bikepacker67
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To: bikepacker67

... for those who follow postings by "thread" - it moves it "back to the top"


3 posted on 08/16/2005 4:35:57 PM PDT by xcamel (Deep Red, stuck in a "bleu" state.)
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To: BIRDS

bump to the top.

it places the thread at the top of the posts listings.


4 posted on 08/16/2005 4:35:59 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Mmmmmmm! Mmmmmmm! Good!)
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To: BIRDS
BTTT= Back To The Top

It keeps a interesting thread visible in messages which might encourage others to read and/or comment.

Or it means Big Tatter Tots Trashed. In which case I haven't the foggiest. :)

5 posted on 08/16/2005 4:36:20 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (When I walk into Sanctuary the band plays "Sweet Home Alabama")
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To: BIRDS

It also serves to bump the thread to the top of the Latest Posts page, where most Freepers hang out. It's a way of keeping a thread that you think is important in the limelight.


6 posted on 08/16/2005 4:36:39 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Chickensoup

I like your tagline...but it's making me hungry...


7 posted on 08/16/2005 4:37:05 PM PDT by queenkathy ("Eat a live toad first thing in the morning. Nothing worse can happen to you for the rest of the day)
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To: BIRDS

There's more to learn grasshopper. Keep eyes and ears open or you will get your beeber stuned.


8 posted on 08/16/2005 4:37:08 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rearview mirror.)
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To: BIRDS

Back when FR only had thousands (as opposed to today's hundreds of thousands) of members, many followed the action by looking at the latest posts page. This showed every reply posted regardless of which thread it was on.

By typing bttp (bump to the top) you made the thread you were 'bumping' show at the top of the latest posts page.

WIth today's volume of posts, I personally don't follow the latest posts page any more

Welcome aboard!


9 posted on 08/16/2005 4:38:09 PM PDT by Vermonter
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To: BIRDS

Welcome to the Free Republic BIRDS.


10 posted on 08/16/2005 4:38:16 PM PDT by mmercier (Bungee jumping into the abyss)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Remeber the meaning(s) of LSMFT ??


11 posted on 08/16/2005 4:38:43 PM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: BIRDS
Do you have any cheese?
The moose is hungry and it would be wonderful to surprise him after he gets out of the shower.
12 posted on 08/16/2005 4:39:43 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: BIRDS
Here are some links about acronyms and such If you know HTML then ignore those threads but the other stuff might help

HTML Help Threads for Newbies
(And Anyone Else Who Needs It)




13 posted on 08/16/2005 4:41:33 PM PDT by Rightly Biased (<>< Salvation is more than an experience and a Prayer it is a life changing event.)
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To: Rightly Biased

Thanks so much, although I'm uptoknowledge on most HTML...the "bttt" thing seems unique to FR and has me mystified. Those Lexicon references, however, are just what I need, thanks.


14 posted on 08/16/2005 4:44:15 PM PDT by BIRDS
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To: bikepacker67

AHHH, great, thanks, now I understand!


15 posted on 08/16/2005 4:44:39 PM PDT by BIRDS
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To: BIRDS
Lexicon of FreeRepublic - 4th Edition

(Ain't Google somethin'?)

16 posted on 08/16/2005 4:45:50 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: BipolarBob

Ha, please explain what a "beeber" is and what "stuned" means. It seems to suggest prunes, stewing, something edible.

~;-D


17 posted on 08/16/2005 4:46:10 PM PDT by BIRDS
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To: BIRDS

You are welcome and WELCOME!!


18 posted on 08/16/2005 4:46:16 PM PDT by Rightly Biased (<>< Salvation is more than an experience and a Prayer it is a life changing event.)
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To: Leapfrog

Sorry, d'oh, I omitted from the thread that I am a LAZY newbie.


19 posted on 08/16/2005 4:46:42 PM PDT by BIRDS
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To: BIRDS
"LAZY newbie"

Umm... good luck with that...

20 posted on 08/16/2005 4:48:54 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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