Sugesstion from Me

I was just wondering if a sort of notice could be made letting us know that somebody quoted us. Sometime I might put in my 2cents on a post on pg1 and by the time I come back the thread is already 10pgs long. That kinda sucks when someone is asking you a question about what you wrote, or explaing something to you , or whatever. I dont even know if this is possible or if eerybody would like, but its jsut an idea that came to my head.

I like the idea, though I don't know how it could be done.

But I know what you mean. I often wander back into a thread and find I've been quoted 4 pages ago, but by the time I see it any reply I make is pointless because the thread has moved on.

I guess your the only one who likes my idea

That would create so much unwanted messaging as to be completely impractical from both a technical and usabilty perspective.

[edit on 3/31/2007 by djohnsto77]

not nessasarily, i mean how many times do people actually get quoted? But you may be right. I just wish there was some way to solve the problem

The feature actually exists on some boards and it is a good idea, but I doubt we will see it here because of the size of the board and the coding headaches.

Some boards will send you an email for every response to your posts, but can you imagine getting 80 emails or U2Us? That'd be worse than spam.

Could'nt you just put the author of the post up in the top corner with a hit counter? I think it's a good idea. I am new and have felt really off topic a few times because after posting a comment I realize that it had nothing to do with the original post. P.S. Your avatar made my heart leap when I first saw it, beautiful.

This is an excellent and useful idea. I agree that this should be implemented with the least intrusion and server resources. How, though, is a tricky question. The board code as it is keeps no track of who quotes who.

Please take note of the following thread:

ATS, BTS, What would you like to see in the future? (post ideas there)

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