The discussion revolves around the idea of posting without bumping a topic to the top. Sujan initiated the conversation, stating that they sometimes want to post a message that is relevant to the thread but not to the entire forum. david replied that there isn’t a way to post without bumping the topic, suggesting the use of the ‘like’ button instead. However, Sujan felt that liking is insufficient, especially in cases where there are multiple posts ping-ponging a problem.
Mittineague suggested sending personalized messages, while HAWK mentioned that editing the timestamp can be a manual workaround. anon61128213 proposed giving moderators the ability to edit timestamps to “unbump” topics, which HAWK thought was a reasonable idea.
The conversation led to the suggestion of implementing a “do not bump” feature, with erlend_sh mentioning that it would require developer input. tgxworld revealed that the server-side logic for this feature already exists, and erlend_sh proposed exposing the “do not bump” settings in the composer cog.
Various use cases were shared, including moderation tasks and adding solutions to old Q&A posts. codinghorror supported the feature as a staff option, and habeycole suggested a topic setting for admins and moderators. The feature has now been implemented as a staff-only feature, as announced by riking.
Sometimes I want to write “Good job”, “Great you found the solution” or something that is relevant to all the people in the thread and especially the last poster, but not relevant for all the people in the forum in general.
Is there a way to post something without bumping the whole topic to the top?
There isn’t a way to post without bumping the topic. For the cases you describe, maybe you could just use the ‘like’ button?
Liking is much less part of a “conversation”.
The usecase I have here is often >10 post ping pong debugging a problem, suggestion solutions etc. Only reacting with a like feels.. insufficient.
(Of course I totally get that this is a special use case and maybe also not the intended way to use Discourse. Was still hoping this was possible)
You could send them a personalized message.
I think the members getting something like
“Hi memberABC
Thanks for contributing to the discussion, blah, blah schmooze”
would make them feel appreciated.
You can edit the timestamp (so it drops back down the feed) for a manual workaround.
Is it possible to give moderators the ability to edit timestamps in order to “unbump” topics?
Usecase:
I’m editing the “this topic was closed”-post of an old topic to add a link to a more recent topic (so people who find the old topic through the search function know where to go) but don’t want the old topic to get bumped.
This happens quite a lot and I can’t always ask an admin to jump in. Usually I just end up not editing the post and hope people find a recent topic by themselves.
I can’t think of a solid reason why not. @erlend_sh – thoughts?
There could be a lot of subtle complexity to this so it requires dev input. @tgxworld did you have a cursory look at how difficult this would be to do?
Seems to me like the OP’s idea of having a “do not bump” checkbox might be easier to implement, but even that is a tough sell as far as prioritization goes.
Usually bumping is not nearly as disruptive as one would think. We’ve gotten pretty good at glancing over things we don’t care about 
The server side logic has already been implemented in the past
Difficulty on the client side will depend on where we expose the “do no bump” settings.
I’m interested in this feature for a different use case. Sometimes I edit people’s topics to change their category, add tags, etc. If no one has replied yet, this bumps the topic, which I dislike as there’s no new information essentially.
Probably the composer cog:
“Hide details” and “Blur spoiler” are probably even more obscure use cases than “do not bump”.
We’ve had issues with this on our forum as well WRT moderation. There are a number of things we want to do that are blocked because we don’t want to spam Latest:
I do support this as a staff option.
Ciao @codinghorror, questa funzionalità è stata già implementata?
In un altro caso d’uso, penso che sarebbe meglio avere un’impostazione per i topic in cui gli Amministratori e i moderatori possano aggiungere una funzione “non spostare in alto”.
Ad esempio, nella mia community, sposto i topic interessanti che ritengo possano piacere agli utenti contrassegnandoli come in evidenza. Allo stesso tempo, non vorrei che ogni nuovo post aggiunto a un topic in evidenza lo sposti in alto nell’elenco. Ad esempio: un thread su Chelsea contro Tottenham contrassegnato come in evidenza a dicembre, quando la partita si è giocata (ed era rilevante), diventerebbe irrilevante se qualcuno rispondesse o aggiungesse un altro post oggi; ciò lo riporterebbe in cima alla lista dei tag/thread in evidenza. Spero di essermi spiegato.
Vedi sopra, sei fortunato, la funzione esiste già!
Oh, che carino! Grazie per avermelo fatto sapere!
