stop combining of thread and first reply if user is the same
 

I'm using vB as a backend for my site. We use it for many things, one of which is posting news. Often times my news posters will want to make a thread and then add a reply with additional information immediately after posting. The way vB handles this is to merge the first post with any replys that are posted after by the same user.

This is a bit hard to understand so I'll use an example. I post some information about a band's upcoming tour. I make a reply (the first reply to that thread) with the list of tour dates and vB just adds the reply to the original post. I want it to instead leave the original post as is no matter who replies to it.

If there's a setting for this, please point me in the right direction as I must have missed it while sifting through all the options. I wasn't able to find a hack that did this either.

I believe that is a hack that either you or another admin added to your site. It is not default.

Can someone else confirm this?

not sure I understood. vBulletin doesnt merge messages. it does show topic messages on the same page though.

I can confirm that vB doesn't do it with a standard installation.

It is a hack that prevents double posting and bumping. We also use it here to auto-merge replies.

Hmm, any idea how I'd change it back or specifically what hack changes this. I know we use geek articles.

It is Xenons Prevent Doubelposting Hack

Thank you KirbyDE. That was exactly it. I inherited the project from someone else, so they must've installed this before I got my hands on it.