Caught in a Deep Thread? / myLot

United States

March 2, 2022 3:56pm CST

These are discussions, and some of us like me (you know who I am, a windbag) like to get caught up in deep threads. That is...you know...discussions. Especially when you have two or three people getting into it, and that actually happens quite a lot, it can become quite difficult sometimes to navigate and keep up with what someone is specifically responding to. When it gets like that I tend to use italics and copy and paste the comment I am specifically responding to so that when the person gets their notification and finds the comment, they can more easily follow along. Very few people do this, but I wish more people would. It would make following a deep thread much less confusing.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

2 Mar 22

Yes it does help to understand your comment.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112717)

• United States

3 Mar 22

It does really help, I think. But like I said, hardly anyone else does it. So, it never helps me. lol

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112717)

• United States

11 Mar 22

@CarolDM How could anyone here be busy? They're HERE wasting time. lol

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

3 Mar 22

@porwest It takes time, most are too busy to do it I believe.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222265)

• United States

3 Mar 22

I totally agree; but I probably won't do this. :-)

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222265)

• United States

4 Mar 22

@porwest Yes, indeed!

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112717)

• United States

3 Mar 22

Want to keep us all in the dark and perpetually confused, do ya? lol

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (84699)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

2 Mar 22

I think that's why I give up after a while. It does tend to make it hard to follow. Not that deep threads are bad. They benifit those involved, and are strongly encouraged.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112717)

• United States

3 Mar 22

Use the italics and copy and paste. It will makes things much easier to follow. That was the point of my post. So that more people will do it and get more out of a discussion and more out of the purpose of this site.

vikingswest

@Vikingswest1 (7443)

• United States

2 Mar 22

Good advice. Just today, by the time I responded to a notification on a discussion, a half dozen responses had already been entered ahead of me.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112717)

• United States

11 Mar 22

lol. Some of the threads can really become daunting tasks to tackle. There are several of us here who "talk" back and forth and it can be really confusing if people don't do the italics thing to help someone follow along.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 22

That's a very good idea and it works well.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112717)

• United States

3 Mar 22

Makes it much easier to keep up, I think. I wish more people did it when things get two or three people going back and forth.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (57233)

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3 Mar 22

On some of my posts discussions are continuing days after l posted - and l am not involved ha, ha,ha. However l am happy to see it - my post is like a chat room where members can discuss to their heart's content.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112717)

• United States

3 Mar 22

That just means you are posting thought provoking stuff people want to talk about. That's a good thing. lol

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