# Prevent fast and short replies when a flame war is ongoing

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-fast-and-short-replies-when-a-flame-war-is-ongoing/55209
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [January 4, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-fast-and-short-replies-when-a-flame-war-is-ongoing/55209 "2017-01-04T22:03:02Z")
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### Author: ![joebuhlig](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joebuhlig/32/193054_2.png) [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-fast-and-short-replies-when-a-flame-war-is-ongoing/55209/4 "2017-01-04T22:45:08Z")

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> [@Discourse Hot Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hot-topics/48215/10):
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> I’d want to somehow use the plugin or make a fork of it that would automatically make a topic “hot” and prevent fast and short replies when a flame war is ongoing…

I like the idea. I’m not sure how it would work technically. Ex. When is a topic triggered as “hot”? What is the limiting criteria after it’s marked?

> [@Discourse Hot Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hot-topics/48215/11):
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> I suspect users will hate it

And there is this. Not sure how else you’d mitigate it, though.

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