For me, Gaia online was a means to keep in contact and socialize with a girlfriend I had who lived some distance away. Once we broke up, my need to remain on that game ceased. I thought it was a horrible site filled with prepubescent perverts and child enthusiasts but I put up with it for her sake.
As far as a bump topic goes, well that's just another useless topic in a long string of useless topics that have been plaguing the off topic forums.