New posts added to last post (automatic post merging)

[Frick]

If you are the last post, and know it will merge, start the new part with "EDIT:" (maybe add a time of repost) post as you would, and alow the magic to happen

EDIT: like if I post again, magic should happen.
(auto merge of my second post in a row.) < done by using the edit function.

See this.

What are you playing?

So the AAA gaming is out of my reach atm, thanks to a really nasty plot twist. No more comments about Avowed et al, then :) At least for the time being... It sucks overall, but there’s a silver lining. It means I have more time for my true loves: retro games on MiSTer and roguelikes on the PC...

www.techpowerup.com

I want those thoughts to be separate, but now they are part of the same.

 

[sneekypeet]

See this.

What are you playing?

So the AAA gaming is out of my reach atm, thanks to a really nasty plot twist. No more comments about Avowed et al, then :) At least for the time being... It sucks overall, but there’s a silver lining. It means I have more time for my true loves: retro games on MiSTer and roguelikes on the PC...

www.techpowerup.com

I want those thoughts to be separate, but now they are part of the same.

You only wanted to post for a 20K mention on post 23K-and-change? to what end, just to hit the latest posts agin? You consider that a "need" to change software over?

 

[Frick]

You only wanted to post for a 20K mention on post 23K-and-change? to what end, just to hit the latest posts agin? You consider that a "need" to change software over?

No, the last edit was the one I wanted to be different (I thought it was obvious because I spelled it out, but it wasn't and see the problem?). It's about how forums work, and even more so with Thank Yous and reactions and all that modern shit.

 

[sneekypeet]

No I don't see a problem. The info is there. You want the attention and thank yous by how you explain it.

I would agree that some emergency situations could be screwed by automerge. However, new people will quote individuals and post three and four times in a row. Without automerge, life would be hell for mods.

I do not see how what you were playing, or how many posts in a thread, or if farts are runny or dry is a good use case against automerge.

 

[nomdeplume]

I do not see how what you were playing, or how many posts in a thread, or if farts are runny or dry is a good use case against automerge.

When you put that twenty thousandth fart on blast you expect someone to clap (or less polite gestures fanning it away).

Edit: No offense whatsoever was meant towards @Frick Humor only.

That said, I've fallen on both sides of forcing a subject as well as what seemed a long enough passage of time to respond outside of an earlier post.

 

[DemonicRyzen666]

I know exactly what you mean, and it annoys me in some of my posts from time to time, too. But post automerge helps a lot to keep things clean

Not sure how to add an option for it, when it's not known that merge will happen until you press submit (other people often make posts in the time you're finishing your post). Adding some sort of "your posts were merged, undo?" mechanism is too complicated, given the small number of instances where people would select undo (it's a self-coded plugin)

My changes based on what the last newest page I viewed?

 

[Wirko]

I get around this (small) issue by waiting for some other guy to say something, and then posting my next deep thought.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I get around this (small) issue by waiting for some other guy to say something, and then posting my next deep thought.

That's a longer way of doing it, but it would work.

 

[Wirko]

Not sure how to add an option for it, when it's not known that merge will happen until you press submit (other people often make posts in the time you're finishing your post). Adding some sort of "your posts were merged, undo?" mechanism is too complicated, given the small number of instances where people would select undo (it's a self-coded plugin)

If you ever add that option, a single checkbox, "Merge with previous if possible", would be easy enough to understand. Checked by default.

That's a longer way of doing it, but it would work.

Thanks for saying something.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Thanks for saying something.

Sorry, I didn't be to be antagonistic. Just never thought of doing it that way before.

 

[Wirko]

Sorry, I didn't be to be antagonistic. Just never thought of doing it that way before.

You helped me demonstrate my point by posting at the most appropriate time, which kept my previous two posts separate.

 

[lexluthermiester]

You helped me demonstrate my point by posting at the most appropriate time, which kept my previous two posts separate.

Oh, ok gotcha!