Auto append - merge posts

[baja_yu]

I saw a neat feature on some other forum, by which if a user posted two posts in a row to the same thread, the second post would not results in a new post, but rather be automatically merged and appended to the first one. Could this be implemented in vBulletin?

[techgnome]

If that's done here, that would be a hack... don't hold your breath.
If vBulletin decides to add it... well, that's something for their developers to do, and wouldn't be a feature we'd see around here for several years. If ever.

-tg

[baja_yu]

Well, maybe if someone has some free time. Who was it that worked on the Mark Thread Resolved hack, visualAd or Mendhak?

[techgnome]

Joe I think... and I think he's more than got his hands full (he usually does)... but that's immaterial... for every hack that is implemented, it has to be backed up, and re-implemented and tested each time there is an update... and with the number of sites they run... it's a lot of work... that's why updates are generally slow to happen and why hack solutions rarely happen.

If it was a trivial change... that would be one thing... but this kind of change goes to the core of the software.

-tg

[baja_yu]

I agree. Well, it was interesting to me so I thought I'd put it out there. If it gets implemented, great, if not, we'll survive