Please consider adding this double post vB mod

[Bludd]

Basically, if member posts in a thread where they were the previous last poster, then if the conditions are met, their new post will be auto-merged into the previous post instead of creating a new "double" post.

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=203705

 

[BRiT]

Seconded.

It works great on the other sites I run.

 

[Xmas]

How does it affect subscriptions or the read/unread status of a thread? I.e. will you know the thread has been updated just as if the posts had not been merged?

 

[BRiT]

The mod is configurable. It can be set to "Bump Thread" by using "Update the timestamp of a doublepost".

 

[Geo]

Is this much of a problem around here?

I guess the point would be if someone comes to a thread that is very busy or they haven't seen in awhile, and they are reading/replying to 10 or so posts, this would make all their responses as one post, keeping any quoting sorted correctly? Kind of auto multi-quote?

I think I might be a little worried about the next generation, when a poster hits quote on the mega-post. They'd be left with significant editing to get just the bit they want, or let context get all higgeldy-piggeldy.

 

[MfA]

I don't see the point, with the lack of huge sigs it doesn't save that much room.