[conservativecorner]

Explain Bump to me. I am new to this form of posting. TIA!!

[dirtboy]

Explain Bump to me. I am new to this form of posting. TIA!!

To bump a thread is to simply post a reply without other comment so that it re-appears in the latest posts listing.

[dark_lord]

Actually, bump is an acronym that goes back to the the early BBS (bulletin board system) days. It means: "Bring Up My Post". For systems that support listing topics by the number of responses, or how recently responses are made, a simple response of "bump" (actually, any response at all) will "bump" the topic higher in the listings.

But I view this site via a web browser, and have not noticed any particular impact on message threads related to the number of responses. Maybe it works if you are viewing the site via a news reader instead of a web browser.