Auto merge duplicates doing more harm than good

[tamarian]

I guess this auto merge things is intended to prevent bumps? And if so, it should really check the text and look for some cluse to determine if it's really a bump, or a duplicate.

It does ruin some good threads. For example, me and Amy are trying to debug a problem with crons. 7 hours later, after my last reply, I wanted to add a new peice to the puzzle, that I'm unable to duplicate the problem. Yet the new post, which is not duplicate, and several hours later, is still merged and marked as duplicate. This doesn't make any sense.

The worst part of it is that it will not send a notification to those subscribed to it, and will not update the last post time, so it will not show up as having any update.

Here's an example:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....2&postcount=16

Same happened to several threads I'm subscribed to, and I've never been notified of the updates, not was I able to see if they were updated, because of this automerge thing.

Is it really worth it?

And if so, could you at least let send a notification to those who want it...