if you need a bump

I’m rather ou of the loop with this ‘bump’ malarkey that has suddenly started appearing on threads.
Does it mean you agree, or you are ‘bumping up’ a thread that has gone dormant, or you want to get rid of a thread?
Can someone enlighten please?
What has it got to do with scam threads?

I agree Marydoll - “bumping” has had its uses eg when planning a Meet up to bring a thread to peoples attention when it had slipped down the Active Discussions list .
But 1) the Active list does not immediately place recent threads at the top of the list and 2) it is annoying to read a new post on a thread only to find all it says is “Bump” and 3) so called “Bump” threads are as intrusive and irritating as some of the spam we have suffered recently.
Perhaps enough is enough.
Some spam is usually easy enough to spot (lots of shouty capitals, dodgy links, extremely suspect OPs) so what’s to stop us scrolling past, hiding the threads or to paraphrase that TV programme you may remember calls “Why Don’t You” (Turn Off Your Computer etc)

If you don't like bumps, the answer is to post something on a genuine thread - surely everyone can find something to say on almost any subject?

However, just posting "bump" is very useful if you have come across a spam thread that clearly needs to be quickly shoved down the queue a bit before an unsuspecting (new?) poster finds it and posts something on it, but you are in a hurry and can't think of a suitable post about anything else.

In what way is it disrespectful? One could try and add to a genuine thread, rather than use the term bump.

I have to admit to initially thinking bumping was a useful strategy for stopping the spam, but I am beginning to find it annoying and ineffectual.
The reason I posted my comment was that when I looked at the sidebar earlier, two of the latest threads were named bump.

There was no disrespect intended towards any poster. It was merely an observation.

Now I have yet again, pushed this thread to the top, but I felt I had to explain my reason.

it could be taken as disrespectful to the initiator of the active thread. This why I put the two bumping threads up.

The downside is, these bumping threads can knock genuine threads off the Active list.

Would it be better to post on active threads instead?

I know, by posting on this thread, I have shot myself in the foot.
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A bump doesn’t need a grammatical check 😁

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Infuriating!

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