Temporarily Close after last reply

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The discussion is about adding a feature to temporarily close topics after each reply. MarcP initially suggested this idea, which would allow for a “slow-chat” functionality and prevent multiple reports within a certain timeframe. rishabh mentioned that the topic timer already has some similar options, but MarcP clarified that he wants this to happen automatically after each reply. TheBestPessimist referred to this as a “per topic, all users, slow mode,” and MarcP proposed calling it ‘Close based on last post’ under the ‘Close Temporarily’ option in the Topic Timer.

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I noticed we can close topics based on the last reply

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What I would like to see is closing a topic temporarily for X hrs/mins after each reply.

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The topic timer can already do this partially as it shows different options for a topic that has already been closed:

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Can you tell us a bit more about your use case for closing a topic repeatedly after any replies?

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But can this be done automatically after each reply?

I like this feature for creating a slow-chat functionality. Also I have topics for customers where they can report service downage and there is no need to have more then 1 report each 30 minutes, for example. Manually moderating this all is a pain and rejecting posts is not the most friendly thing to do because people do it with good means. So closing after each reply for a short time would be perfect.

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A per topic, all users, slow mode? (Normal slow mode is only “per user”, not all users)

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Yes, kinda. But I would like to refer to this feature as adding ‘Close based on last post’ as the ‘When’ under the ‘Close Temporarily’ option located under Topic Timer within each topic.