Bingo!
And let this, ladies and gentlemen, be an example of how not to run your message board, if you realize that the members make your message board, not you.

As I've stated in another thread, this is why the requests forum needs more moderation.

If people's requests were marked as already made, resolved or in development, there would be no NEED to bump these modification request threads.

Bumping in itself is not a problem, it is a symptom of unsorted requests the modification request forum gets.

There is also the problem of user impatience ;)

Satan

Question;

Do people have a problem with the automerge of posts, or just the fact that it doesn't update the timestamp of the post ?

Personally I like the automerge, but dislike the fact that the timestamp is not updated.

Updating the Timestamp would defeat the anti-bump purpose, wouldn't it?

If the auto-merge was only active in request / non-discussion forums then it would be better, but it barely affects me :)

Satan

Hello.

I'm new to this 'automerge' feature.

I created a thread asking for help. Someone responded with good suggestions, yet I didn't totally understand how to implement them. I stated this in my reply to that person.

Approx. 22 hrs later, I had another idea that I wanted to present that didn't involve creating another table as the responder suggested in one of his/her suggestions. I had this idea before that person or another responded.

Because of automerge, they nor anyone else will probably respond...wow, what a shame...

This is a disappointing... :disappointed:

Auto merge is pretty much why I won't seek any info on the inner workings of vBulletin at this site. It is freekin anoying and makes me just say screwed it and abandon the thread. I pretty much only post in the hack forums now. It's one thing when people treat you poorly. But when a bot spits in your face, that's a whole other problem for me.

Congratulations. I must say I have never in my entire life read a more ridiculous post. What that post can be boiled down to is "I don't like the auto merge because a bot edits my post." Wtf? If you are going to make a fool out of yourself like this, at least post a REASON, like the poster above you. Not saying his point is any more valid, but at least he TRIED.
One word for you mate: Bullsh*t.
If that someone didn't respond, odds are he didn't read your reply in the first place. Or perhaps you can prove that he *did* read it? Hm? Didn't think so.

it does get annoying some times...
keep the automerge -- just make it smarter