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Post by blueshift on Jun 6, 2017 17:04:04 GMT
That same toy is literally six posts up the thread.  Implying I read the forum in any mode other than 'recent posts' |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 7, 2017 17:35:19 GMT
Is it not easier to follow a conversation by reading a thread? Then the posts are...lined up in order...
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 7, 2017 19:11:35 GMT
I agree. I tried recent posts and got hideously confused. I assumed it was something you needed to be real hardcore to cope with. Like Blue. He's hardcore.
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Post by blueshift on Jun 7, 2017 19:12:48 GMT
I agree. I tried recent posts and got hideously confused. I assumed it was something you needed to be real hardcore to cope with. Like Blue. He's hardcore. What? It's the only way to read the forum!!!! |
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 7, 2017 19:13:39 GMT
See, hardcore. Told you.
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Post by Toph on Jun 7, 2017 19:14:59 GMT
The hardest coriest.
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Post by blueshift on Jun 7, 2017 19:15:38 GMT
POLL
WHO IS RIGHT?
(It is me)
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 7, 2017 19:16:09 GMT
He's so hardcore he doesn't even realise he's hardcore.
THAT's hardcore.
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Post by blueshift on Jun 7, 2017 19:16:14 GMT
Is it not easier to follow a conversation by reading a thread? Then the posts are...lined up in order... -Ralph No you keep them all in your head |
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 7, 2017 19:16:27 GMT
Oh bloody hell.
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Post by blueshift on Jun 7, 2017 19:16:57 GMT
He's so hardcore he doesn't even realise he's hardcore. THAT's hardcore. I just made a poll You would know that if you browsed the forum correctly. Your way, you might never see it All these amazing threads you never see!!!! |
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 7, 2017 19:18:33 GMT
No, Blue, no. You don't miss anything using the recent threads link. It shows you every thread that has been posted to and when you click the link to the thread it takes you to the last post you read. It's not the same as just browsing the forum.
I read everything by everyone - recent threads shows you that but in conversation order and not every confusing jumble of posts together order.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 7, 2017 19:19:32 GMT
Of course I've seen it. It's in the recent threads list, because it's a recent thread!
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Post by blueshift on Jun 7, 2017 19:20:27 GMT
No, Blue, no. You don't miss anything using the recent threads link. It shows you every thread that has been posted to and when you click the link to the thread it takes you to the last post you read. It's not the same as just browsing the forum. I read everything by everyone - recent threads shows you that but in conversation order and not every confusing jumble of posts together order. Yes but there is lots of clicking. My way is one clicking. And what if there is a recent thread that you dont want to read but it turns out it is amazing. How would you know?  |
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 7, 2017 19:20:28 GMT
No you keep them all in your head Yeah, see, hardcore. There is no way on earth I could do that. |
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Post by Toph on Jun 7, 2017 19:24:04 GMT
I read the forum the right way.
The 'Mer'ken way. Because 'Mer'ka and FREEEEEDOOOOOOOOM
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 7, 2017 19:40:59 GMT
Posts that led to this discussion moved in.
When I was just a member I used to read by particular threads in a forum.
Now I'm a God Mod I read EVERYTHING in recent posts view in order to spot things that need attention.
However to me the important thing is the threads read write as threads which is why I cut quoting of the previous post out when I spot it. The threads will be what we go back and read later.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 7, 2017 19:44:45 GMT
The definition of attention includes, but isn't limited to, spotting trolls and known trouble makers, correcting spelling, reducing links that are too long to a manageable size and making sure posts are in the right thread!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 7, 2017 20:21:07 GMT
I read the forum using 'recent posts', because it's the quickest way and involves fewest clicks and visits to pages, but I skim most of it, I don't read every post. As there are only a few live threads at any one time that I am interested in, it's easy to keep them in my head. I only visit the thread itself when I wish to post.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 7, 2017 20:44:56 GMT
I read all threads as as a GodMod other than the 3rd party ones.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jun 7, 2017 21:50:41 GMT
I read the forum the same way I do all the other forums, the way I have done since time immemorial... I go to a subforum that interests me, I note to "new" tags against threads that indicate they have been posted in since I was last here and if the thread interests me I go into the thread and read the new posts. Just as I have done since the very dawn of web-forums, and for that matter not dissimilar to the way of things in the days of Usenet's glory.
I also might visit a thread that hasn't been posted in for a while if it is currently relevant to me, or if I haven't been around for a while and am catching up with things that happened whilst I was away, or I have just decided that I am interested in it after all.
Karl
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Post by blueshift on Jun 8, 2017 4:54:37 GMT
Clearly Martin and I are the best at forums  |
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Post by legios on Jun 8, 2017 7:30:40 GMT
I'm not even sure where on the site these New Posts and New Threads links are. I've had a look on the main page, my profile and several other places but they certainly don't jump out at one. *
Karl
* Also, I'm so old that I was here when the Internet was made entirely of text, I still hold to the Ancient Arts of the sages of Ask-EE and the ancient practices of rhe Komund Layne.
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Post by Jim on Jun 8, 2017 7:54:01 GMT
I read it exactly like Karl.
Except on Thursdays where I obsessively refresh the Top 5 thread waiting for Phil's new clue.
-Jim
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 8, 2017 19:38:56 GMT
Legios, see attachment for where the links mentioned are. They're at the bottom of the main front page.  |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 8, 2017 21:26:04 GMT
But you do read the forum via Sight Beyond Sight?
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 8, 2017 21:44:00 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 8, 2017 22:15:15 GMT
I read threads backwards, then it feels like I'm-
TRAVELLING BACK IN TIIIIMMMMEEE!!!!!
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Post by legios on Jun 8, 2017 22:37:58 GMT
They're at the bottom of the main front page. Ah, down in the stats bit I never pay any attention to. That's why I'd never seen them before - I'd been looking in the navigation bit. Karl |
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 8, 2017 22:51:38 GMT
Ah, being sensible. That was your downfall.
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