peterm1
Veteran
One problem I find with using this forum is that some threads have grown very, very, very, long indeed. Which in general is a good thing. Not complaining about that. But it creates a dilemma. Often when going into such a thread I will think "I have an image that I can post to this........................but what posts have I made on this thread previously - perhaps a year, or two past? Have I already posted it? Or have I posted something else on this thread, and if so what?" With long threads - some 20 or 30 pages or more the only way I have found to find out is to open each page in succession till I know the answer. I cannot really afford the time to do this generally and so either end up posting something that is duplicative or perhaps just forego posting altogether. Neither of which is a desirable outcome for RFF as much as for me.
I have noticed with Facebook for example that there is functionality (on my own FB "homepage") which allows me to search all of my previous comments / posts etc in FB (although even here, it does not allow me to search within the context of a specific thread). But then again FB is not the kind of site where threads tend to persist for potentially years so it is less of an issue.
But it does bring the mind a question in relation to RFF - When a specific thread is opened is there presently a way to produce a list of my prior posts in that thread? I have not seen that this exists. If not, could it be included as a feature in some future upgrade so the person logged in could find at least their own prior posts in a given thread? I suppose there is also an argument that it could be desirable to be able to do the same for other persons posts as well if someone is curious about their posting history on a thread................
PS I note that there is a function to find threads I have started - just not what I have described above - i.e. my posts within someone else's threads.
I have noticed with Facebook for example that there is functionality (on my own FB "homepage") which allows me to search all of my previous comments / posts etc in FB (although even here, it does not allow me to search within the context of a specific thread). But then again FB is not the kind of site where threads tend to persist for potentially years so it is less of an issue.
But it does bring the mind a question in relation to RFF - When a specific thread is opened is there presently a way to produce a list of my prior posts in that thread? I have not seen that this exists. If not, could it be included as a feature in some future upgrade so the person logged in could find at least their own prior posts in a given thread? I suppose there is also an argument that it could be desirable to be able to do the same for other persons posts as well if someone is curious about their posting history on a thread................
PS I note that there is a function to find threads I have started - just not what I have described above - i.e. my posts within someone else's threads.
