[Normal4me]

I know this is off topic but, as a nOOb here, is there someplace on the site or maybe a link that can explain what a "bump", "ping", "bttt", etc means? don't mean to be a pain but I didn't know where else to ask this.

Thanks

[katnip]

Try here :
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/673536/posts

and Howdy!

[Bella_Bru]

Bump and BTTT (Back to the top) mean the same thing. They are a means to cause the thread to appear at the top of latest comments. That way the thread might get more traffic.

Ping means to flag someone's attention to something. If I know you are interested in aardvarks, and I see a thread about one, I will "ping" you. That is, I will put your screen name in the To: field. That way, when you next log on, it will show up in your "My comments" screen.

[Billthedrill]

Oh, most assuredly. "Ping" is named after the UNIX command - it calls a FReeper's attention to a thread by name. When you ping someone you include their name in the "To" box and when they do a self-search it comes up and they are guided to the thread.

"BTT" is "bump to the top," the top, that is, of the Latest Posts. This keeps a thread alive and on that list for everyone, not just those addressed in the "To" field, to see. It is often used when a FReeper has no particularly important input but wants to keep the thread active.

HERE's a LEXICON that will clue you in. Welcome to FR! And don't mind these crazies you see on this thread. They're not normal and mature like me.

Zorblat, keep your tentacles to youself. The Humans are watching...

[tomkat]

welcome to FR !

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Welcome to FR and enjoy the banter!