There's an account that exists just to bump threads

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The messages are mainly 'just bumping for you' (that's almost all they ever post and the NN is similar.

What's that likely to be about?

Tabloid journalist?
Sockpuppet?
Eccentric?

It's a little bit creepy.

Maybe it's just a kind poster who is a semi lurker?

grin

Would a lurker JUST bump?

I just don't get it. It's not even a consistently DM-suitable range of threads (or maybe it is). It's bugging me.

I've see this too and for no logical reason thought it was Mumsnet HQ bumping posts where the op sounded like they needed help. You have now got me wondering though.
Maybe there's a king/queen of the internet somewhere leaping to the aid of the downtrodden and ignored?

Hmm. Like a caped poster?

Maybe wick was semi-confessing

''Tis not I! Honest!
PM them, go on..... want to know now.

They have a bump-fetish.
(And I am not being bump-fetish-phobic before anyone says anything)

Isn't there a bump and reset function somewhere? Or sommat like that. On Threads I'm Watching? Or have I lost the plot?

Sometimes people go through unanswered threads and bump them or answer as many as possible, maybe it's something like that.

Hmm I just tried the bump and reset button on this thread. Don't think it did much...

Who is it?

No they post sometimes. I saw them post yesterday. I think it's someone just trying to be nice.

I think she's called JustBumping.

cos people are just weird

Aww, is it the return of PuzzleRocks?

I think whoever it is is just trying to be helpful and bumping threads so that people get at least some answers. There are loads of unanswered messages ... seems sad somehow .

I think it says a lot that you've all jumped to calling troll. I don't post much but even I've seen the "there's X amount of unanswered threads, let's help them" threads.
They're just trying to help people get answers.

yy PuzzleRocks always at it and same message. I thought it was sweet. People didn't seem quite so put out about that though

I'm not put out if it's benign.

Just a bit weirded out when I noticed it and ASed the NN. And twitchy from the Daily Mail shenanigans

It might be a bot ad not a real person.

I've suspected for some time that some of the trolls who post barely readable sentences asking for advice about subjects are in fact chat bots.

and*

Where have we All called troll? That's an odd statement to make.

What's the purpose of a chatbot?

Yeah MN has a bot problem at the moment. Most seem rather poorly designed so I'm guessing it's coursework for someone or something similar.