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cookdav
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Suggestion for forum feature...

#1 Post by cookdav »

[Our forums are already about the most feature-rich, but...]

One very cool feature I saw on another forum was that, over
on the right in the data-area of info about the poster/replier was
(high-lighted in a contrasting color) the fact that they
were the 'OP' (aka base-poster) for that thread. VERY HELPFUL
in long threads, where it's easy to lose track about who made the base-post.

One other small glitch: in that same area (of info about the poster),
it seems that there may be a bug. If my profile says
to share my age/birthday/whatever (mine says to share my age),
then I expect to see that there (but I don't). I should. :smiley2:
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#2 Post by turtlebay777 »

bump?

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#3 Post by sunrat »

turtlebay777 wrote: Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:42 ambump?
You're taking the "unanswered topics" topic rather seriously I see. This one's 8 1/2 years old! :eek:
The OP highlight suggestion is great. I regularly find myself scrolling back to post #1 to find out who started the topic.
The age thing already appears if you view poster's profile.

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#4 Post by richb »

There have been several software changes since then. Please do not bump or reply to posts that are more than a couple years old. Their relevance is questionable.
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#5 Post by asqwerth »

In some forums, necrobumping is really frowned on. Perhaps this thread can be locked.
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#6 Post by richb »

asqwerth wrote: Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:20 am In some forums, necrobumping is really frowned on. Perhaps this thread can be locked.
Same here. Post locked.
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#7 Post by Jerry3904 »

Not just locked, though, right? We're going to simply remove all the ancient ones, and archive older MX?
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