[CAWats]

Can someone tell me what bttt, bump, ping, etc mean? I've only been here a short time.

[digger48]

me too, please

[Texas_Jarhead]

BTTT = back to the top
BUMP is same as BTTT
PING is like a pager

[MJY1288]

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[highlander_UW]

btt = bump to the top

bump is to post on a thread to raise it higher in the queue of posts

ping probably derives from sonar bouncing a signal through the water in an effort to get a response signal, in a thread it's normally used to send a message to others on a distribution list

[Citizen James]

Paduon once too, I was. Use the force.

[Petronski]

Ever seen "The Hunt for Red October?" The Russian boat captain Ramius (Connery) wants to contact the American boat captain Mancuso (Glenn).

"Give me a ping, Vassily. One ping only."


It's like paging someone, or sending them a "head's up."

[paulmartin]

also new. ping perhaps means that you have been replied to.

[thegreatbeast]

BTTT

[fishtank]

BFLR

[sharktrager]

Your bttt is what you sit on.