The more I ponder it, the more I feel that Topics view feels better than threads view. You create a new topic so you should see "topics". And yes, people may know what a thread is, or they may

I can see reasons for both, so will abstain on this one. Duane

But you do have to accept that your input, unless offered when issues are under discussion, will not necessarily have any impact on directions taken or decisions made. You do not have special rights,

Mark Fletcher wrote:>>Thanks. I do want to revisit the Code of Conduct at some point. I tabled it because of the poor reception the subject got here, but I do still think about it.<< Just let me know

Brian Vogel wrote:>>I actually disagree that "Topic" is clearer.  As has already been mentioned, what has been called "thread drift" almost forever now happens when topics can and do switch and

Brian Vogel wrote:>>If a multi-topic thread is locked, and without comment as to why...<< But in here we will know why. It's because it went on for 7 days. I don't see a need for Mark to remind us of

Brian Vogel wrote:>>As an aside, I also think it's completely unreasonable for any user to think that they can take a multi-week to multi-month "vacation" and expect to be able to come back and object

Thanks Mark. That does indeed help.

Which has already received "official clearance" - within reason. This is why I don't really like automatic locking mechanisms, period. To me, locking is to cut off all activity related to a given

Brian, We are not in disagreement on policy, but perhaps slightly on implementation. I think there may be people who genuinely would not understand that a thread being locked means anything more than

Well, here's where we'll have to be in significant disagreement. People who are unable to figure out why a given thread actually came to be locked and insist on relaunching a topic that was the

J, And I'm simply restating that often a thread ends up containing multiple topics, and it's not a topic that gets locked, it's a thread and all its topics. I understand Mark's

In other words, to subtly discourage, 'oh, thread locked? I'll just start another one on the same topic.' Whereas if 'it's topic locked,' that subtly discourages starting another thread on the same

nothing wrong with a good implant Ro with Sally and Silk getting implants, and Handy, Feliz & Police Kitty patrolling in the Great Beyond.

Implementing not implanting (iPhone typo) Sent from my iPhone -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author. It's dumb to buy smart water.

Brian, I see both sides and originally agreed with you, as I said. I'm now thinking specifically about meaning, and about the auto locking mechanism and what I think is Mark's intention in implanting

I actually disagree that "Topic" is clearer. As has already been mentioned, what has been called "thread drift" almost forever now happens when topics can and do switch and branch within a thread.

With the new auto-locking feature for threads, I begin to see another situation where using the word "topic" might be more useful and meaningful than "thread." "Topic closed" has more meaning in terms

Right now, you cannot change the auto-locking timing on a per-thread basis. There is a way around that if you wish. The auto-locking program runs nightly, and looks for the most recent threads within

Mark, Awhile back, I sent an e-mail to support like you asked me to about moving my Owlperch group to a subgroup of MMSanctuary, but never got a response. I know you're busy, I just want to make