on forum page topics are sorted by latest post. eg "last post 3 hours ago". However, I noticed yesterday that when I look at some topics there is no such last post.
I notice it because I used to be able to click on "last post" in the list of topics but no longer (it changed a few months ago). So when I open a topic I have a bit of scrolling. A pain for a long topic. Worse if what I'm looking for isn't there. So I use "find" for "3 hours", but the cupboard is still bare.
Last night a topic with "last post 2 days ago" appeared in the middle of more recent posts.
I don't use the notifications as my mind works better off the subject and I don't read all posts.
PS this post has "posted 2 days ago" and is sandwiched between 14 and 16 hours ago posts (memory may have got the numbers wrong but the sentiment is correct).
There have been a few examples of that - but it is generally because the new person googled a particular question and the patient.info link came up. They didn't then notice that the thread was a really old one. I often respond just to tell them!
I got a notification for a thread that was started over 9 years ago - as the charities for PMRGCAUK were being grounded!
Yes, so do I, and take a chance on turning into a boring, repetitive old woman.
When I first used this site I got along fine but as so often it was "updated" "improved". Now I run the risk of being an old woman resistant ( or incapable of adapting ) to change.Oh, well!
I think it used to be different too - but after 2 or 3 major revamps of course it is for me. I'm not impressed though. Never was really other than the original very simple continuing conversation and YOU had the power to refer back to two or three comments if you wished where now it is dictated (I feel).
I suspect them trying to make it work on all sorts of devices doesn't help - I know that on HU people don't have things that I do using the forums on a computer, albeit a very small one!
The nesting thing is a pain in the *^"& - but this one is better than the HU version! At least things come in clumps and it does tell you who the response was made to which helps a bit. On HU a response is inset, like a paragraph. Until you get to a response to a response to a response (more or less, never counted) - when it suddenly shoots back out to full width. And no indication at all who that particular response was for...
I use that box frequently but never 'most votes'..............do not know what useful information 'most votes' is intended for at all and I cannot be bothered to find out either.
oh for an EDIT button...............I wanted to add to the above. However this is the best forum in my eyes, for factual information, best moderation, no cranky theories or odd 'cure you' immediately for which you have to pay a fortune' allowed.
This is the one for me, warts and all.................
I've not been on all that long I guess but I recollect a continuing conversation and being able to refer back to a few comments. It certainly seemed simpler. I'm turning in to a 'grumpy old woman'. Loved that series as I could relate to it.
I agree to this statement. I get a bit confused with the two sites. Again I'm not sure which site I was on but I believe this one when it had been attacked with pornographic photos. It managed to get on a health website by using the word yoga in the heading! luckily it was taken down very quickly. So good on the moderator! When this site was upgraded I thought it was because of the infiltration of this video. I didn't click on anything it just came
Yes, this site has excellent moderation - a bit heavy-handed according to some but it has its advantages. HU are hopeless for a serious health-related forum and won't block the pests when they arrive. And arrive they do...
I too find the forum content useful, and I try to contribute.
I guess I dislike telling computers what they know already .... the jolly thing knows the last post was "18 minutes ago", and it knows which post. Why I should have to use more than one mouse click and a heap of scrolling to find it is beyond me.