What does bump mean in a forum?
Forums can be complicated places with lots of terms you don’t understand without explanation. So what does ‘bump’ mean when people type it in a forum?
In simple terms, it’s used when there has been no reply to a post and as such the message has disappeared from the thread onto another page. The user replies to the post with ‘bump’ to get it back to the top.
It is known to stand for ‘bring up my post’ and alternatives are ‘refresh’ and ‘^’.
Author: Chris Martin, Reviews Editor, Tech Advisor
Chris got his break as a reporter at infamous site The Inquirer and has been at Tech Advisor for more than 12 years. With a BA degree in Music Technology, audio is his specialism, but over the years he has reviewed all kinds of gadgets, from smartwatches to mesh Wi-Fi to coffee machines.
