Bumping old threads moves newer posts down the list. In theory IF there was a new thread posted and IF right after the post, 10 other users bumped old threads, it would push the new thread out of view. Yeah there are other ways to read new threads but its just good practice. Also it wastes times because you think there might be some new info only to find some stupid comment by a n00b. This happens more times than not. This practice really just goes for information forums like ours. They only reason that person bumped that thread was to spam that web site. He posted the name a pile of times in different parts of the forum. If you look at that post the other 2 web site were already listed. Yes he added new info, but he did it to spam. If there is no new info to add to the bumped threads then people shouldn't bump old threads.