Help with the basics of this forum

[drob50]

Hey guys

Please excuse me if this information is listed elsewhere and I just don't know... but

Can someone please tell me what 'Bump', 'Bump to the top' & 'Straight to the top' means?

I have seen it a lot and am not sure.

If there is a section that describes terminology, feel free to handball me to that section

Thanks

 

[Quicksilver]

It's people putting their for sale/for trade thread back to the top of the forums.

 

[Cobretti]

Adam,

basically those words u highlighted and similar ones is what people use to get their old threads back to the first page.

For example:

Say you have a Wanted Items Thread you post it up today. No one replies for a week. It may end up on page 3 or 4.

So what you do is type another message in your own thread to get it back to page 1 first thread. So NEW people get a chance to look at it.

so essentially your bumping it back to the top. it is just a common thing people have been saying on forums for ages.

you could type anything you want really like a joke in there and it will still bump your thread to the top due to the forum being ordered by latest post.

 

[drob50]

It all makes sense now.

Thanks very much.

 

[Mico]

"Bump" is what fergie has in her trunks
"Straight to the top" is where Goose and Maverick went at the Top Gun comp.