1984thebooknottheyeargetit Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 ive started a couple of topics by clicking to button that says NEW TOPIC and then going back later to check on any discussions in the topic i find it listed as a post in another topic. Why is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzle Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 cause they fall under a topic that has a thread already. they dont need a new thread. around here, they like to keep things tidy... ya know.... not a lot a threads are needed saying the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyBlues Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Because your talking about something that is already a topic, so it gets merged. Otherwise we'll have 500,000 threads, and they'll only be on 30 different topics. Don't feel bad. It just happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984thebooknottheyeargetit Posted September 15, 2007 Author Share Posted September 15, 2007 although everything thats said has already been said before. If they wanna keep things tidy they should just get rid of every topic then. Its not like everything hasn't been repeated a million times over. So if I would like to post a topic feeling like I said something that at least 2 people might see it gets moved to a place where nobody sees it. Well thats just very gratifying. Just makes me really want to interact. I know that this site gets WAAY more hits than yahoo answers, like who has even heard of Yahoo c,mon but somehow they get away without doing such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzle Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 what makes you think nobody sees it? when people see that a thread has new posts, they click on the last page of it.. and read all the new posts. and the threads on the first page are very popular... people read them.. i am sure more than just 2 people saw your post. i know i saw it. its when there are a ton of new threads that things get bogged down... thats when nobody reads stuff. if i see 5 threads all named "i am mad dick won"... i am not going to go read each and every one of them. but if they all get merged, then i will read the whole thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuxomBlonde Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Well, why start topics if you want to discuss something that already has a topic? Sounds simple to me. Besides, any topic that is currently being discussed, gets shuffled to the top. And if you click on the orange square before the title, it will take you to the first post in that topic that you haven't read yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnmurr Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 And if you click on the orange square before the title, it will take you to the first post in that topic that you haven't read yet. I'm a little emarassed at how long it took me to notice that little orange square. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzle Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 uhhhh... Lynn? i am right there with YOU! omg... how shameful is that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnmurr Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 LMAO Fizzle!!!!!!! Appropriate picture. Seriously, like a month ago, I hovered over that little orange box and thought "hmmm what does that mean"? DUH!!!!! How would I know, I've only been here 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnie Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 omg, i did not know thats what the orange box was..thanks for pointing that out.. now im going back to play wow since i am bored lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcat Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 What orange box, if you are talkin about the little thingy at the left of the threads, I thought it looked like a little suitcase, I need to go look now, I may have missed something,lolok, now I see what y'all are talkin about the little teeny orange box,lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnmurr Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Wow now I don't feel so embarassed. Fatcat you have been here as long as me. That little orange box, if you click it, it will take you right to the first post you haven't read in the thread. It's an awesome thing. And..... if you use the back arrow to go out of the thread, instead of constantly hitting new posts, click on the little orange box again and it will take you to the newest post, even if you haven't refreshed the page. Good stuff folks. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcat Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Imagine that, I am gonna start using this feature, instead of my old way lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dumblonde Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Wholly crap, I didn't know about the little orange box until now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCS Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Thanks for exsplaining the little orange box.....going to SAVE me lots of time... I never even noticed it before....new to message boards I'm kinda scared to click on some of those things....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnmurr Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 It has saved me a ton of time too. Makes it much easier to pick up where you leave off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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