I already searched. Couldn’t find it. Also, asked AI. AI says: The Activity column in Discourse indicates the most recent activity on a topic. Activity includes a variety of actions, such as new replies, likes, edits, bookmarks, and other interactions with the topic. But that’s where the confusi…

Small action posts don’t change the activity date (so closed or unlisted topics aren’t bumped just because of that). topic created → first activity edit on first post → activity date updated unlisted → activity date not updated (because small action post) edit on first post → activity not updated …

Thanks. But it won’t be the case for the first topic I linked above. It was created on Jun 16, but it was edited yesterday. And the Activity shows yesterday. Note that the last edit on that page is done by me.

The Activity column always refers to the activity on the latest post in the topic. In “Web activity”, the first post is the last post, so when it’s edited the activity date is changed. In “Carry forward responses”, the last post is “listed”, so an update on the first post is not an update of the la…

Thanks. But even if we consider that, for Carry Forward Responses, the Activity should’ve been Jul 29 (for the Listed action), not Jun 25. And the Activity exactly matches the last edit by a user other than me, not those small actions. Hope this clarifies. And I assume by “deleting those small acti…

Thanks. It’s clear now. I think it’s not a consistent product design, or at least I don’t understand the reasoning behind it. Because those small actions don’t affect the Activity, while they block the last “real” post from affecting the Activity. On the other hand, even listing/unlisting, or basic…

What does the Activity column exactly refer to?

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) August 4, 2025, 8:36am 2

IIRC the Activity column shows the date/time of the last post.

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What does the Activity column exactly refer to?

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