Max consecutive replies not applied when user posting in their own topic

[Stephen]

Is the issue that they’re bumping the topic?

If so, give this a look:

Discourse-no-bump: prevent users from bumping topics

Here’s a new plugin that might be useful if you are running a large community: https://github.com/discourse/discourse-no-bump discourse-no-bump This plugin prevents users from bumping their own topics. On some higher traffic forums, if a user doesn’t receive replies to their topic they will reply to themselves (bumping) repeatedly to gain visibility. When enabled, a user will need to wait for a different user to reply to their topic before they can reply again. Staff members can always…