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John1956PA

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5. If a post gets twenty-five replies, it reaches a milestone.

Reply to Pesky1 (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:43 AM

Thursday

It gets another milestone with each increment of twenty-five replies. Some DUers may like an OP, but they do not have time to write out a long reply. Therefore, they post just a short reply which reads "kick" or "kicked for visibility" to help the OP reach a milestone.

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Help. Please explain "kick" [View all] Pesky1 Thursday OP

Pushes a post up a bit so it doesn't disappear in the crowd of newer posts Attilatheblond Thursday #1

Every response is a kick malaise Thursday #2

It's a way of getting a thread back to the top of the forum, because the replier thinks its worthy of attention. Aristus Thursday #3

It is used to bump up an OP to the top of the page... Spazito Thursday #4

If a post gets twenty-five replies, it reaches a milestone. John1956PA Thursday #5

An excellent example of a kick... MiHale Thursday #6

We kick each other's assess all the time here. Irish_Dem Thursday #7