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Originally Posted by orlok
Understand what you are saying, but two comments - narrowing it down to a technology thread like calibre is somewhat skewing the argument;
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It is not skewing the argument it is why BetterRed made the argument to begin with. If you look at post 2 above you'll see I recognize that Old Threads have their place, but making the Old Thread Warning easier to see would benefit all forums.
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Originally Posted by orlok
and you always have the option to unsubscribe from/ignore an old thread.
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Being subscribe to the old thread makes it immensely easier to avoid confusing it with a new thread and ignoring the thread is after the fact and is of know benefit.
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Originally Posted by orlok
If it's really that much of an issue, then I like BetterRed's suggestion of "a feature to create a 'Related Thread' that injected a link to the 'Old Thread' into the post would be useful." This would no doubt create a not insignificant amount of coding, though, and I doubt it would be worth the effort.
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This is what I do by hand in the Calibre forum, when I catch them, in order to give folks a heads up.