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The word "thread" in this context worries me. A thread is one-dimensional, a chain of replies to the immediately previous post. Here on RW, at least, discussions do not work that way: people go back, reply to earlier posts, expand, and the structure becomes branching and multidimensional. I'm not sure what bearing this has on anything, but I'm sure it's relevant somehow.

    Word time Phantom Hoover!22:55, 21 November 2010

    Gee, I wonder if there is a way to reply to an earlier post that has a reply button in the lower righthand corner?

      - π22:57, 21 November 2010

      Yeah, that's why I'm not sure if it has relevance.

        Word time Phantom Hoover!23:00, 21 November 2010

        You mean other than the fact it puts your post one indent in from the one you are replying to?

          - π23:06, 21 November 2010

          Yeah, but wherever the software decides to put it. ħumanUser talk:Human 02:55, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

          "It is not necessary to sign your post with four tildes. The signature is shown automatically." Fuck off. I sign so I can see my local timestamp.

            ħumanUser talk:Human02:55, 22 November 2010

            Interesting. Now the sig I entered is UTC and the auto sig is local.

            This format still sucks ass.

              ħumanUser talk:Human02:56, 22 November 2010

              The timestamps for signing have been UTC since January.

                - π03:06, 22 November 2010

                There is a gadget that converts timestamps in pages to local time. That gadget works on lqt comments too, but not when you reply, because it only runs the conversion when you reload the page.

                  -- Nx / talk08:18, 22 November 2010
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   

                  "there are new messages for you"

                  NO THERE FUCKING AREN'T

                  Please disable this piece of junk ASAP.

                    ħumanUser talk:Human03:58, 22 November 2010

                    Click ignore at the top of the thread if you don't want any more updates.

                      - π04:23, 22 November 2010
                       

                      "There are new messages for you."

                      NO THERE FUCKING AREN'T.

                        ħumanUser talk:Human05:26, 22 November 2010

                        Did you click mark as read?

                          -- Nx / talk07:23, 22 November 2010

                          Yeah, twenty times so far.

                            ħumanUser talk:Human06:22, 23 November 2010

                            Did you click ignore the thread as well?

                              - π08:44, 23 November 2010
                               

                              Also if you want to prevent it in the future go to your preferences and go to watchlist settings and deselect watch threads I reply to.

                                - π08:58, 23 November 2010
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
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