Bumping Egg Threads

About

"Bumping Egg Threads" is a popular phrase used on forums as a way to show their disapproval over a poster replying to a dead thread.

Origin

The phrase "bumping egg threads" began on the popular online video game Roblox. Starting in 2008 Roblox would feature events around spring time known as egg hunts. Players would have a limited amount of time to complete tasks to find eggs which would give them prizes. This event continued until 2011 when, much to players melancholy, suddenly stopped. This had caused many players, mostly trolls, to search old forums centered around the old egg threads and post in them, causing the threads to be moved up to the front page. Players would see these egg threads and be disappointed when they noticed the date.

Spread

Since then, bumping egg threads has become a very popular way for players to troll the Roblox forums. Roblox tries to prevent spam by forcing new accounts to wait one day before being allowed to post, it does not require any email verification, so trolls are able to create multiple accounts in a single day to use if another one is banned.