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Blue Jay
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Message 1 of 2 (625112)
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)
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Message 2 of 2 (625184)
07-21-2011 5:32 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Blue Jay
07-21-2011 12:53 PM


Hi Bluejay,
I can do anything along the lines you suggest, but I think something adequate for the purpose (not outstanding, just adequate) may already be available. If you click on the mood icon (any mood icon) you'll get an ordered list of all the messages in the thread. Breaks in time should be easily identifiable.

--Percy
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