Keep the "contact since" date when merging contacts. The current system causes long-time donors to appear as if they're new contacts, since their "contact since" date is reset when merged. This doesn’t reflect their actual history or long-term engagement, even though their transaction history shows they've been involved for months or years which could bring issues when generating a report through Givebutter Plus.

We can merge new contacts to old contacts instead. Updating the new contact information of a donor when merged while keeping the old "contact since" data.