@farmerman,
farmerman wrote:I too have no idea what a tag, or a collapsing thread is. In chemistry we talk about collapsing double layers and such. I hate how a perfectly good language can be riddled with adaptive phrases that muck up the language.
"Collapse" 3: (v) To cause the physical breakdown of something. AI "To Collapse" is the meaning forwarded herein. What I believe it actually means is to "KILL" a thread. no?
No, it just mostly removes it from your sight. If you thumb down a thread, it will disappear for you except for a line in tiny font saying "Topic voted down (view)". Click "view" and there it is again.
Same effect if you thumb down an individual post. It will almost disappear, but still show up as that one line in a small font. Same effect if you go to someone's profile and click the "Ignore user" button. From then on, any thread or post by that person will show up only as a small line saying "User ignored (view)".
Meanwhile, other people will still see those threads or posts. You havent killed it.
farmerman wrote:Ive found that, with the new A2K, Im able to spend more time away from the board because I dont have it down as to how to aimlessly "browse" through posts. I beleieve , that, in the new system, you have to have some idea where you are going even before you go there. That takes away the delightful surprises afforded by landing on a thread that was engaging and interesting and yet, one with which you were totally unaware of its existence beforehand. That ability is gone it seems.
Nah. If you want the old "New posts" page, where you could just see whatever threads were last posted to, or if you want a page that shows all the newest topics that have been started, about any subject, it's easy.
On the homepage, you have the topic listing, right? Underneath the "able2know - all topics" header there is a light blue bar. There, you can choose to see only the threads that were started today, this week, this month, etc. Still in the same bar, on the right, is a drop-down menu that says "Sort by". If it's sorted by "Most votes" you will see the most popular topics. But if you set it to "New posts", then presto, the listing will simply show you whatever threads have been posted to last, regardless of topic or popularity. Just like the "new posts" page on the old site. If you set it to "New topics", you will see the last threads that were started, regardless of topic or popularity. There's more options too.
And the good thing - you only need to choose your preference once, and from then on that will be your new default for that page. Though you can just as easily switch it back again of course.
