A visible mark on the merged posts would be better

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In a discussion titled ‘A visible mark on the merged posts would be better’ under the Support category, users debate whether merged posts should be visibly marked. yitie suggests that without a visible indicator, users may misunderstand the context or timeline of merged posts, especially since the original posting time remains unchanged. Canapin questions the need for such a mark, noting that merging typically aims to create a seamless, unified discussion. However, MarcP supports the idea, citing real-world situations where knowing a post was merged in helps readers understand context — even proposing a visual indicator similar to the ‘wikified posts’ component from meta.discourse.org. Jagster echoes the concern about unclear origins of merged content. yitie and yitie reinforce the need for clarity, suggesting a visible sign that indicates both the merged status and the original topic, to make the thread feel more natural and informative for all readers.

1

When move posts or all topic to another one, it is better to have A visible mark on the merged ones, for now, no mark, no sign, may resulting misunderstanding to the users, or there is already a solution for that?

2

Hey yitie :slight_smile:

What would be the purpose of marking the message as merged? Usually, the goal of merging is moving data to another topic to have a single, seamless discussion.

3

I actually think this is not a bad idea, I’ve had some situations where it would make sense to readers that the post was merged in (sometimes it helps with context, knowing the post was not initially in the current topic).

Something like this from Wikified Posts Component would be perfect imo!

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4

Without knowing which ones has been merged?

5

Like @MarcP saying, to make the moved/merged posts more visible friendly for the readers, additional there have a ‘time of post’ issue may mislead the new readers or the ones already in the thread.

6

Yes, that would be helpful, put a sign on the merged posts to show the readers which one is merged here and from where, it make the thread more naturally.