# Can you Bump your posts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bump-your-posts/88636>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 20, 2001, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bump-your-posts/88636 "2001-10-20T22:42:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bump-your-posts/88636/1 "2001-10-20T22:42:04Z")

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You know, you write a messsage of ‘bump’ & it sends your topic to the top?

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bump-your-posts/88636/2 "2001-10-20T22:43:44Z")

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Sure, there’s no reason why you can’t do it. It’s generally considered bad form to do it more than once, though.

Sorry, no cite–that’s just what I remember hearing.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bump-your-posts/88636/3 "2001-10-20T23:10:21Z")

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I suspect you’re asking about your thread in GQ, now on p. 2. I don’t mind one bump, but if I were you I’d wait until it falls to page 3. Lots of people read p. 2 and someone might still answer it. But you can bump it now if you want.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bump-your-posts/88636/4 "2001-10-21T23:52:46Z")

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No specific post in mind. But I really dont see any ‘bump’ posts here I do on other boards though.

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bump-your-posts/88636/5 "2001-10-22T00:59:41Z")

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I saw one thread on a different message board that was bumped six times. The finally bump said “ANSWER ME!”

I finally replied: “No.”

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**Author:** ![Fonz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Fonz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fonz)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bump-your-posts/88636/6 "2001-10-22T02:48:34Z")

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I’ll bump of yours if you’ll bump mine.

Oh, wait! I didn’t mean to suggest…!

Nevermine.