# Reply to topic without bumping it to the top

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-topic-without-bumping-it-to-the-top/19448>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Août 29, 2014, 10:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-topic-without-bumping-it-to-the-top/19448 "2014-08-29T22:12:47Z")\
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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:** [Septembre 21, 2014, 11:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-topic-without-bumping-it-to-the-top/19448/15 "2014-09-21T23:53:12Z")

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> [@fysics](#):
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> It was necessary to add additional information for future readers of the thread, but there was no reason for my post to elevate the topic to the top of current discussions.

I actually strongly disagree with your example here. It is a perfect reason for bumping a topic.

There are 2 reasons I think bumping is critical.

1. Alert others of a solution / progress on a topic.
2. Prevent abuse

(2) is only covered partially as you can still edit earlier posts in a topic, and in a high scale forum have it go unnoticed. @howtogeek has discussed this with us in the past.

If anything I think we need even more intelligent bumping of topics, not less.

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