Auto merge duplicates doing more harm than good

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by Xenon

Ok we know that there is no perfect way, as each thing has it's advantages and disadvantages, but the way it is now has fit in our needs the best.

And what are your needs? And how does this auto-merge thing fit those needs?

If the needs of the moderators is to not be annoyed by bumps, does that need outweight the rugular operations of a discussion forum, where, by default, members expect to be notified of new replies, and see those threads when they click "new posts"?

This really does not fit the usual comparison of advantages vs. disadvantages. It just seems extremely selfish to disable those standard features and alter the behavious of the forum for everyone, just because a few are more annoyed by bumps than the average joe. We all run forums, and we all deal with those bumps.