# Automatically bumping old topics on a category

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-bumping-old-topics-on-a-category/92518>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** new-feature, auto-bump\
**Created:** [July 17, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-bumping-old-topics-on-a-category/92518 "2018-07-17T05:25:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-bumping-old-topics-on-a-category/92518/43 "2019-02-05T14:46:09Z")

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I disagree with removing it too. The bump message answers the question “why is someone responding to this old topic suddenly?” which will very likely come up without the message being there.

What problem is the bump message causing? It seems more helpful than harmful.

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