Do you use the Similar Threads feature? - Page 2

DaleDe · 05-15-2008, 11:43 AM

It looks like we need to have discussions like this for every feature, just so people will find out that it exists!

Dale

zelda_pinwheel · 05-15-2008, 11:46 AM

why, what other exciting features have you been hiding from us ?

GeoffC · 05-15-2008, 12:14 PM

I have used it - but often discover I'm reading a thread that started and stopped in 2005 !!
No bad thing I suppose ...

zelda_pinwheel · 05-15-2008, 12:22 PM

what have you got against 2005 ?

GeoffC · 05-15-2008, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

what have you got against 2005 ?

Absolutely , irrevocably , nothing

Just I feel reading ' old ' news gives me the temptation to re-open threads that people might just want to forget about . MR seemed less silly in those days ...

zelda_pinwheel · 05-15-2008, 12:31 PM

i don't know, the "jay or nay friday" thread was from before my time, and had been woefully neglected until i resurrected it. everything's relative. some ideas are just too avant-garde when they're first proposed, and deserve a second chance. not all, obviously. some should be left to decompose in peace. use your judgement. also, i think there was an absurdometre around here somewhere which could help you decide.

GeoffC · 05-15-2008, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i don't know, the "jay or nay friday" thread was from before my time, and had been woefully neglected until i resurrected it. everything's relative. some ideas are just too avant-garde when they're first proposed, and deserve a second chance. not all, obviously. some should be left to decompose in peace. use your judgement. also, i think there was an absurdometre around here somewhere which could help you decide.

absurdometer !

brilliant , in the words of a great politician (

) " bring it on " ...

TantricWarrior · 05-16-2008, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

I use and enjoy the Similar Threads feature. I often find threads that I missed the first time around or other related information. Sometimes it offers interesting threads that I would not normally select. I favor keeping it.

ditto...
as a newbie to this list, while lurking, this lead me to lots of further reading on similar/parallel topics, some were irrelevant/out of date, but I liked the suggestions. Keep it.

Elsi · 05-22-2008, 11:28 PM

I'm relatively new, so I look at the related threads links -- if the last updated date isn't *too* long ago, I'll often check it out.

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05-15-2008, 11:43 AM	#16
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	It looks like we need to have discussions like this for every feature, just so people will find out that it exists! Dale

05-15-2008, 11:46 AM	#17
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	why, what other exciting features have you been hiding from us ?

05-15-2008, 12:14 PM	#18
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	I have used it - but often discover I'm reading a thread that started and stopped in 2005 !! No bad thing I suppose ...

05-15-2008, 12:22 PM	#19
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	what have you got against 2005 ?

05-15-2008, 12:31 PM	#21
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i don't know, the "jay or nay friday" thread was from before my time, and had been woefully neglected until i resurrected it. everything's relative. some ideas are just too avant-garde when they're first proposed, and deserve a second chance. not all, obviously. some should be left to decompose in peace. use your judgement. also, i think there was an absurdometre around here somewhere which could help you decide.

05-22-2008, 11:28 PM	#24
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,366 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	I'm relatively new, so I look at the related threads links -- if the last updated date isn't too long ago, I'll often check it out.

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