# Can Discobot answer unanswered and idle topics?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discobot-answer-unanswered-and-idle-topics/105060
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [26 בדצמבר,‏ 2018,‏ 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discobot-answer-unanswered-and-idle-topics/105060 "2018-12-26T08:22:05Z")
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### Author: ![featheredtoast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/featheredtoast/32/116994_2.png) [@featheredtoast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/featheredtoast)
#### Post date: [26 בדצמבר,‏ 2018,‏ 8:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discobot-answer-unanswered-and-idle-topics/105060/2 "2018-12-26T08:30:59Z")

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It’s not supported as you described, but as an alternative, have you considered bumping topics? This can help your support team find forgotten topics that have yet to be handled.

> [@Automatically bumping old topics on a category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-bumping-old-topics-on-a-category/92518):
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> On certain categories it makes sense to bump old topics automatically on a regular basis. On buying/selling categories in can make sense to regularly bump visibility while a topic is open and item is still on sale. In #Support categories it may make sense to bump old topics in case they were forgotten Till now the only way to raise visibility was to “edit” the last post of a topic or post a bump reply. Both of these solutions are not ideal. We just added a new category setting called: N…

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