[linda_22003]

I haven't been here long, so could someone tell me what "bump" means? Also, "Ping"? Thanks. :)

[proud_yank]

People will have a 'Ping List', a group that they send articles to about certain issues.

Bump I have wondered myself! ;-)

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[GovernmentShrinker]

Er, not exactly. While a few people might use a "bump" post when pinging to another individual or list of individuals, the purpose of a "bump" is to move the post, and thus the thread, to the top of the "Latest Posts" list ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/browse?ao=0 ), thus alerting anyone who checks that list. Many people use to use the "Latest Posts" screen as their main entry to FR, though I think it's less common now that the main web address has been rigged to default to the "News & Activism" screen. Used to be that www.freerepublic.com would take you to the home page ( http://www.freerepublic.com/home.htm ), where you would then select a particular forum, or "Latest Posts" or "Latest Articles".

[Popman]

Bump means to "bump" the post to the top of the message list so more people see it.