# AutoBump Decay Over Time

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/autobump-decay-over-time/132935>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [November 8, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autobump-decay-over-time/132935 "2019-11-08T15:41:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Callen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michael_callen/32/160686_2.png) [@Michael\_Callen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michael_Callen)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autobump-decay-over-time/132935/6 "2019-11-10T16:30:47Z")

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Thanks for all of the comments / questions. What I was proposing (and I don’t know if it makes good sense or if there are unintended consequences) is if the software could operate in such a way that, if topics were auto-bumped and received no further response, that the time to the next auto-bump could increase automatically. As @Remah says, we could do something about it (manually) and I agree. Was just curious if there were a programmatic solution. Most topics get plenty of action, but some stall and then go on an auto-bump cycle that results in the screen shot below. If it (for instance) doubled the time to auto-bump assuming no further activity, then it might be a nice function. Maybe?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/3/d3ad77ced559c01a4c794b7af4480ed824503eed.png)

> [@Stephen](#):
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> I’ve never seen a topic bumped twice if it received no further interaction after the first bump. What is it you’re asking for?

Are you saying that you’ve never seen a topic bump multiple times, _automatically_, if it received no further interaction?

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