"Me too" is often used as a way to bump a forum thread back to the front page of forum software so that mods and others can have time to participate before the

"Me too" is often used as a way to bump a forum thread back to the front page of forum software so that mods and others can have time to participate before the thread rolls off into murky ancient history. For instance, you very often see this in game forums. Now, my pet theory is that game forums seeded this behavior, and now more people use it even on forums where it is technically unnecessary. That said, I wonder what the game theoretical explanation is.