Bumping or Fake editing is adding a reply or editing a post to push it to the top of the "Latest" page.
In general, this kind of behavior is considered impolite.
- It feels spammy. If everyone did it the site would be a less useful place.
- Others should flag situations that seem spammy.
If haven't gotten any help but would still like it, or your thread hasn't received the attention you feel it deserves, how should you handle this?
- Firstly, be thoughtful as to why you received silence after your first post. If you asked a complex question, perhaps you can simplify it, pehraps break it into smaller questions, perhaps focus on the core issue you'd like to address.
- It is okay to reply to one's own orphan post with additional progress or information. For example, with a solution. Just, please, don't come back with nothing for the sake of getting attention.
- In some situations it might be best to just post the question in a totally new thread, taking a different approach with the question.