So i noticed you need to be a staff member of a forum in order to reply without changing the bump. Why is that? I think mostly that if you noticed a old topic and you realize you have the answer but you dont want to make an old topic from a year ago re-appear at the top of the list i think we all …

Good point. But what if we did it only in staff selected categroies?

Do you mean restricted categories to groups?

Yes something like that or in settings that when you set those categories only people in there can

How would that prevent vandalism? Would it be like a category restricted for trustworthy people? :thinking: Honestly this is very edge case, how often someone wants to reply to a topic but not see bumped, and how often would a bump actually harm the forum’s role as a source of information and discu…

[image] Canapin: How would that prevent vandalism? Would it be like a category restricted for trustworthy people? :thinking: Possibly or maybe like the post still notifies everyone that a new reply is there but the reply doesnt change the date so that is a way to prevent vandalism [image] …

[image] ice.d: Wouldn’t it go back to today? My understanding is: if the last post is 2 months ago, and someone replies today, and staff resets the bump date, the post goes back where it was 2 months ago. Now, on my test instance, I’ve posted a reply to an old topic, the topic was bumped, I…

[image] Canapin: Now, on my test instance, I’ve posted a reply to an old topic, the topic was bumped, I reset the bump date, but the post stays the first on the topic list. :face_with_raised_eyebrow: That’s because the most recent reply defines the bump date. Reset bump date was helpful when,…

[image] Moin: @ice.d what problem do you want to solve with replies not bumping the topic? Why do you want users to be able to reply without others noticing? Maybe a topic list ordered by date of post creation would solve your problem. @moin this is good question. Because for example on swee…

From your examples that still seems rather unnecessary. I don’t really think that replying without bumping the topic will have any real benefit for anyone. If a reply to a topic bothers of annoys other members, the problem is probably the content posted, not the bump itself… :smile: Anyway, there…

Why can only staff reply without bump?

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Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin) February 13, 2026, 11:51pm 2

To prevent vandalism. Users could append inappropriate or illegal content at the bottom of a topic and you wouldn’t even know.

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Why can only staff reply without bump?

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