# 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:** [7월 17, 2018, 5:25오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-bumping-old-topics-on-a-category/92518 "2018-07-17T05:25:53Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [7월 17, 2018, 11:12오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-bumping-old-topics-on-a-category/92518/5 "2018-07-17T11:12:46Z")

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Yesterday I lamented re-starting [a thread that was over 6 months old](https://meta.discourse.org/t/printer-friendly-css/30899/23) (I think because it was in recommended topics), not realizing that it was over 6 months old. Several people participated in a thread that I thought was current, but it wasn’t. I was embarrassed that I’d cranked up the topic again.

Now when I go to latest, I’m recommended [https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-print-style-should-be-added/14921/12](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-print-style-should-be-added/14921/12) , which is from April 14. (And it’s on almost the same topic that I replied to errantly yesterday) And when I look at it in **Latest** I see that there’s “activity” 14 minutes ago, except, there’s really not activity in over 3 years.

It was confusing enough when Suggested would send me to long-dead topics that don’t need to be revisited, but now I can’t tell from Latest whether I should visit a topic.

I’m having a hard time understanding the value of this feature.

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