# Discourse no bump Plugin is too restrictive

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-no-bump-plugin-is-too-restrictive/88545
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 27, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-no-bump-plugin-is-too-restrictive/88545 "2018-05-27T17:17:15Z")
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### Author: ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-no-bump-plugin-is-too-restrictive/88545/1 "2018-05-27T17:17:15Z")

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The no bump plugin has become so restrictive it is stopping people from even sending PMs to each other.

The same “Please wait for others to participate” message is shown to people when they reply to a PM.

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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-no-bump-plugin-is-too-restrictive/88545/4 "2018-05-27T17:54:19Z")

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Are you certain it’s the discourse-no-bump plugin?  
I’m not seeing an “allow others to participate”, I see

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse-no-bump/blob/main/config/locales/server.en.yml>

Assuming that’s the message you meant, I’m guessing that instead of using the Invite or editing their existing post members are using @ mentions in a second post?

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### Author: ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-no-bump-plugin-is-too-restrictive/88545/5 "2018-05-27T17:56:45Z")

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Yes I’m certain that this is being triggered by the no bump plugin, Because the error matches the no\_bump\_error when a fellow was trying to pm me.

 ![Screenshot%20(190)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/c/4c7301e1110e069ccefa8430fd6588d0d7532f09.png)

As soon as I reduced the no bump trust level, the issue disappeared.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-no-bump-plugin-is-too-restrictive/88545/6 "2018-05-28T02:40:55Z")

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@eviltrout did anything change with the plugin recently? Should PMs be blanket ignored?

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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-no-bump-plugin-is-too-restrictive/88545/7 "2018-05-28T13:32:15Z")

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Nothing changed, but I do believe PMs should be ignored:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse-no-bump/commit/63ac5ba720a1bc902d018fe5e091a287524f9640](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-no-bump/commit/63ac5ba720a1bc902d018fe5e091a287524f9640)

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-no-bump-plugin-is-too-restrictive/88545/8 "2024-06-08T12:37:22Z")

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