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Blue Jay
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07-21-2011 12:53 PM


Hi, Percy.
It's common on forums like this for old threads to be resurrected months and even years after the original discussion dies. And, usually, the new, resurrected discussion takes on a different character from the original discussion.
How worthwhile do you think it would be to create a way for users to quickly locate the post that resurrected the thread, so they can begin reading the new discussion that started at that point?
Maybe a "filter-by-date" function would work; or some kind of tagging system to mark time gaps beyond a certain length.
I know virtually nothing about computer programming, so I have no idea whether this is practical from a programming standpoint or even particularly interesting to users or potential buyers. But I thought it was worth at least throwing out there.

-Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus)
Darwin loves you.

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