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[Chas]

I was neither. MS did not address the substance of my comment.

Ok. That's fine, but you could have simply said 'maybe there's been a misunderstanding' or 'let me clarify' instead of dismissing Syn's comment as non-responsive. Tis all.

This started as a polite request, I just want the dialogue to be civil.

I expressed my opinion and hoped for a useful discussion of the feature.

I am disappoint.

I've already said my piece. I can't see us changing it because, as staff, we want to ensure that the forum is as easy for us to manage as possible, and the auto merge has been deemed as a useful facet to that end. I'm sorry that you don't like the feature and that you think it should be changed. Please let this be on the record that we do not dismiss requests/opinions from users without dialogue both in and out of the staff area first.

That we disagree with your view does not mean we value you and your opinions any less. Indeed, we welcome input from users.

And that's all I have to say at this time.

Thanks

Fidel

Well, I never made a request - polite or not - I expressed my opinion of the way it works.

And I read MS's response as dismissive.

I was looking for a discussion about why it is the way it is.