# A softer slow mode: slow bumps?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-softer-slow-mode-slow-bumps/200080>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** slow-mode\
**Created:** [August 11, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-softer-slow-mode-slow-bumps/200080 "2021-08-11T15:08:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-softer-slow-mode-slow-bumps/200080/12 "2022-01-18T19:50:38Z")

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> [@saquetim](#):
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> Maybe add a field in `Topic` , something like `min_seconds_between_bumps ` for example and another condition in `bypass\_bump?:

If I’m interpreting this correctly, the decision on whether to bump would happen at the time a reply is posted but if no subsequent replies are posted after the no-bump period, the topic will never bump.

Would that be the desired behaviour or should the topic always bump at the end of the no-bump period if a reply has been posted during the period? If it should always bump, should it bump to “now” or the time of the latest reply?

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