# Bump?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump/259666>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 13, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump/259666 "2004-08-13T07:02:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump/259666/1 "2004-08-13T07:02:21Z")

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I asked a question in Cafe Society. No answers, and it’s fallen off the radar. In general- how long, how often & etc are the guidelines for bumping?

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**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump/259666/2 "2004-08-13T07:32:14Z")

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If I remember correctly, the guideline is “one bump per thread” and “not before it falls off the front page”.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump/259666/3 "2004-08-13T12:01:16Z")

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Generally speaking, **Priceguy** is correct. Depending on the forum and the nature of the question, the forum moderators _may_ be more generous IF YOU ASK FIRST IN EMAIL.

But the general feeling is that if people aren’t responding after two tries, it’s because no one has anything to say. Again, if you think your situation is an exception (“Holy cow, there were 100 new threads in the half hour after I posted this, so no one saw it on page 17!”), then email the forum moderators.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump/259666/4 "2004-08-13T15:40:27Z")

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So- I waited too long in this case, I guess?

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump/259666/5 "2004-08-13T23:56:06Z")

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Go ahead, **Dr Deth** , bump it up, and be sure to say (in your bump post) that I OK’d it.