The discussion revolves around preventing a specific topic from bumping to the top of the forum due to frequent updates. amundo has a “checkins” thread where users share their daily to-do lists, but it constantly bumps to the top. codinghorror suggests using the “reset bump date” option in the topic admin wrench, but amundo is looking for a way to “clamp” the bump time to prevent it from overriding other posts.
maiki questions how users would know the topic was updated if it doesn’t bump, and suggests using the /unread view to manage the flow. EricGT proposes creating a separate category for the topic to circumvent the issue. codinghorror clarifies that the “reset bump date” option reverts the bump time to its previous value. amundo concludes that posting more content might be the simplest solution to prevent the topic from dominating the forum.
I have a “checkins” thread in my forum where people can check in with their daily to-do list. We’re a bunch of academics and worked in relative isolation even before the pandemic, so that kind of accountability is helpful to many of us.
But the problem is that the check-in thread is always bumped to the top, because it’s almost always the most recently updated thread. Is there some way to prevent that particular topic from bumping? The only wrench-accessible option seemed to be “make unlisted”, but that would prevent new users from seeing the thread at all.
If I’m not mistaken that updates the bump time to now, right? What I’m hoping to do is something like make the bump time of the thread “clamped” to say, relatlively 12 hours ago, so that other posts today won’t be pushed down below it.
(But maybe this is plugin territory.)
PS, wow, you’re Jeff Atwood. Thanks for all the stuff you do! Discourse is rad!
Also, have you seen /unread? I always set that as my default view, and it really manages the flow. I’m starting to suggest this for sites where the /latest becomes a “firehose”.
Maybe this is crazy and wrong or maybe it is a workable solution until something better comes along.
If you stick it in a category by itself then it is not in a list that will have a priority based on last edit date/time, so the date/time becomes meaningless.
Thanks, my bad. I’m still a little vague on who has access to the reset bump functionality, but even if users have it I doubt they will do it (I forget to myself). So the real solution for me is to just post more content.
Thanks for all the stuff you do! Discourse is rad!
