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John Corey · 30-07-2012, 05:49 PM

Maybe it is just me.

I am finding it a bit annoying when a new reply is added to an old thread. I find I waste time trying to find the new response and not reading the old content.

In real life a conversation that happened months or years before is a closed conversation. There is no way to re-open that actual conversation. It might make sense to refer back to an old conversation with a statement that highlights the point that follows on. On the web a link could be provided to the old conversation if anyone wants to go back in time.

How do others feel?

Please answer the above before considering too much the following addition.

One of the features that is likely to appear at some date is the ability to add a specific thread to 'mute' or 'ignore'. The idea is a thread might be something you have read and you no longer want to follow the current conversation. You set it to 'mute' and new comments added to the thread will not appear on the list of new activity for you to read.

Like a real life conversation where you wonder off when the discussion no longer holds you attention. Once something is on mute you will not notice that there is new content and that is how it should be in a current discussion. If someone adds stuff months later, you would still not see it.

Does this change anything?

What I would like people to do is to start a fresh thread rather than dig up an old discussion with has a new comment attached to the end. Do others agree that this is the best way forward?

John Corey · 06-08-2012, 12:24 PM

No views and no comments? Do people not look at this section of the greater PT forum?

Angela Bryant · 06-08-2012, 12:35 PM

Yes, I agree with your idea John.

Sometimes when an old thread has been resurrected, I don't realise at first that it's an old one and start reading the whole thing before it gradually dawns on me that it was set in the context of 2009 or whenever and being out-dated makes it much less relevant very often, or appealing.

Angela

MARY LATHAM · 06-08-2012, 01:19 PM

John I think that starting a new thread and "refer back to an old conversation with a statement that highlights the point that follows on. On the web a link could be provided to the old conversation" is an excellent idea. I often pop on to catch up and find myself reading threads from months back just because someone has recently dug it up and made a comment. Its good to know that the new thread is picking up a conversation but not to have to re-read the whole conversation unless one wants to.

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Vanessa Warwick · 06-08-2012, 02:00 PM

Thanks for this input. Noted.

Sometimes there are some really great threads that deserve to be up-dated with new info and it gives context to the old info.

I can see your link idea and "follow on" could be a good option to highlight old threads but start a new more up to date, and therefore relevant, discussion. Smile

I will give it a whirl.

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