correlation between number of "bumps" and prestige of thread?

[microman]

Do you think there's a true correlation?

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[Dr. Donkey]

bump

 

[dopaminophile]

bump

 

[krelian]

bump

HAHA.. that's ingenious.

anyhow, what do you mean by "prestige" of a thread? are you referring to the # of views a thread has? if it's for # of views, i think that any thread with the word "harvard" or "official" in the title gets a huge bonus irrespective of their actual content.

 

[Larsitron]

HAHA.. that's ingenious.

anyhow, what do you mean by "prestige" of a thread? are you referring to the # of views a thread has? if it's for # of views, i think that any thread with the word "harvard" or "official" in the title gets a huge bonus irrespective of their actual content.

Lol. That's true. Though I would also say that a thread with a topic more people can/will chime in on, the longer it stays around. So, all the ones for specific schools may find themselves buried at a higher rate than "what's the best MCAT prep course".

 

[UCLAstudent]

Also, what about threads that are made sticky and no longer need to be bumped?

 

[Blue Scrub]

bump

 

[landrus]

Sorry for my ignorance....

but what is a bump? why do people write 'bump'?

Thanks.

 

[PBMaxx]

Sorry for my ignorance....

but what is a bump? why do people write 'bump'?

Thanks.

"Bump" as in "bumping" the thread to the front of the Forum/top of the list.

 

[scrappysurfer]

I know we are pre-med, but do we really have to attach a title of "prestige" and calc a correlation for EVERYTHING.

No insult intended.

 

[dopaminophile]

I know we are pre-med, but do we really have to attach a title of "prestige" and calc a correlation for EVERYTHING.

No insult intended.

Haha... it seems to be ingrained in everything that we do. I can't help but notice my post count and wait for it to hit 500+ posts. I'm obsessed with numbers, even on SDN.

 

[Dr. Donkey]

moderators have the power I would think. just like Heman

Also, what about threads that are made sticky and no longer need to be bumped?

 

[PBMaxx]

I know we are pre-med, but do we really have to attach a title of "prestige" and calc a correlation for EVERYTHING.

No insult intended.

I think that this thread was started mocking exactly that phenomenon in this forum.

 

[UCLAstudent]

moderators have the power I would think. just like Heman

Right, but I was just wondering how a stickied thread relates in prestige to a bumped one.

 

[Supernova]

The thread search function is not that automatic. It would take a while for one to determine the number of "bumps" per thread. It would rather be time consuming to carry out such correlation study.

 

[microman]

I should have clarified that I meant a negative correlation. I suppose that my operational definition of "prestige" is the number of SDNers who are willing to be SEEN posting in a given thread. It seems as though there are some threads which are "beneath" many SDNers. Such undignified threads seem to have a lot of "bumps."

 

[virilep]

"Bump" as in "bumping" the thread to the front of the Forum/top of the list.

actually... bump stands for "Bring Up My Post" interesting enough...

 

[Medikit]

actually... bump stands for "Bring Up My Post" interesting enough...

Either one really

 

[Dr. Donkey]

Are you sure? I though it stood for "Bum Underwear is Most Pleasant" in reference to the joy of wearing a thong.

actually... bump stands for "Bring Up My Post" interesting enough...