It would be nice to have a moderator control to bump threads to the top, allowing them to be noticed.

isn't that what pin topic is for?

No. That's for important threads like announcements to remain up at top.

One use is to help cycle older threads with the few new ones at my forum to make the forum more active, as it'll reveal more threads for the members to discuss.

So--is this possble?

This feature was available in v1.3 I believe, got removed I think.

There was a mod called Bump It or something, but I don't know if it works with 2.3.x

Would be nice as a feature.

ah I think I understand kind of like replying to an old message to spark new interest.