# Why are old topics closed?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-old-topics-closed/317656>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Tags:** auto-bump\
**Created:** [July 22, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-old-topics-closed/317656 "2024-07-22T13:22:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simon\_Manning](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon_manning/32/198596_2.png) [@Simon\_Manning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simon_Manning)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-old-topics-closed/317656/18 "2024-07-23T08:43:18Z")

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> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> So far, I have left the tradition in place, mainly because I haven’t yet got a replacement for it and having 3 or so topics bumped a day seems manageable and not too noisy (though I appreciate it’s a trade-off).

This would probably be more appropriate as a plugin rather than a core feature but I wonder if an auto-flag might remove that trade-off.

Essentially working the same way as auto-bump does now but flagging rather than bumping to hide it from anyone who isn’t involved in that housekeeping.

Of course that may involve trading minor confusion/inconvenience in the community with making it more awkward for moderators to deal with other flagging unless there is some good way of filtering out those housekeeping flags.

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