What does "Bump" mean in a message?

[ishmael]

What purpose does it serve?

[Avi]

when someone post a question that goes unanswered, if you "bump" it...it goes back to the top of the newly posted questions so that more people will see it, and hopefully, will elicit a response from someone.

[ishmael]

Thanks!

[Vin7250]

bump

[Avi]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v58/Avrumeleh/laughterbyhorror.gif

[ishmael]

Now that is funny..............

[Zestay]

bump +1

[killagoby]

Ahhh...

[killagoby]

1250 posts and I just found out what that meant. Always learning something here!

[greenbean36191]

Just FYI, mods and TRC regularly check for unanswered threads and try to answer them or get someone who can. Adding a bump makes it look like the question has been answered already and takes it off the list of unanswered threads which can delay a real reply. Don't bump a thread until it's at least a few days old.

[Thunk]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11222375#post11222375 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by greenbean36191
Just FYI, mods and TRC regularly check for unanswered threads and try to answer them or get someone who can. Adding a bump makes it look like the question has been answered already and takes it off the list of unanswered threads which can delay a real reply. Don't bump a thread until it's at least a few days old.

Wow now that is a great bit of advice! I had seen the view unanswered thread button before but never used it.

Cool stuff Thanks!