hydrofungus

chippysmall4 wrote:
If there is a lot of discussion in the topic, it will get merged with the original, if this were implemented, merges would become rare, because most merge requests are sent after the topic is closed. Merges are intended to fix the issue of points made in the duplicate. If this were implemented, the fix intended to fix that would not function as efficiently.

Merges are made when the newer topic is still open. And tbh, merges are already rare in the start.