# 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") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 19
### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger) #### Post date: [July 23, 2024, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-old-topics-closed/317656/19 "2024-07-23T08:51:17Z")
I do like the sound of that. My tentative idea for a replacement was creating a [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) query based roughly on the same principles as the auto-bump criteria and having an Automation drop it in my inbox each day/week. Having them delivered somewhere where the right people can manage them and others can enjoy Latest as intended does have a lot of appeal. One of the other new things we have now that wasn’t available at the time is the Related Topics feature. I often have a browse of those when a new topic is created and clean up a few random things I find in there. The bonus of that is is covers more categories than just #Support. Perhaps this is the right moment to reconsider the auto-bump. 🤔 --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-old-topics-closed/317656)._