Responding to posts.

[Chas]

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

Yes you did; and the Staff, as well as regular grassroot members, who responded thus far expressed their opinions, alongside more specific technical reasons.

No, I did not. Quote it if you think so.

And I read MS's response as dismissive.

Personally I read it as informative, of the very thing you asked about. It was only dismissive in the sense of explaining why the answer's no.

As I said, his reply did not address what I said. And 'no' to what? I made no request.

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

That's fine. How do you see this discusion progressing?

I'd like to see people weigh in with substantive comments.

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(ETA: Btw, is it 60 minutes or 120 minutes before it stops automerge? I always thought it was the edit window time.)

60 minutes past last edit time, I believe.

I've been on forums where annoying signatures + a chain of posts from the same user becomes rather annoying.

While that happens occasionally, I suspect it is not very common.