That "popularity bias" may actually lend itself to a further feature of bumping: if an author bumps a post, it's shared to his or her followers in the same manner as posting! That way, if I really like an article by a newcomer, and I bump it, it automatically shows up in the notification area for my 15K followers.
I suppose that would make bumping not entirely dissimilar to "retweets", but that seems like a good thing. New and less popular authors gets promoted, and old posts resurrected periodically. Continued activity — comments, hearts/unicorns, bumping — by other users would then have a juggernaut effect, increasing the reach of otherwise obscure posts via notifications, feed ranking, and organic sharing.
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That "popularity bias" may actually lend itself to a further feature of bumping: if an author bumps a post, it's shared to his or her followers in the same manner as posting! That way, if I really like an article by a newcomer, and I bump it, it automatically shows up in the notification area for my 15K followers.
I suppose that would make bumping not entirely dissimilar to "retweets", but that seems like a good thing. New and less popular authors gets promoted, and old posts resurrected periodically. Continued activity — comments, hearts/unicorns, bumping — by other users would then have a juggernaut effect, increasing the reach of otherwise obscure posts via notifications, feed ranking, and organic sharing.