"Threads I'm on"

[franch]

I use this a lot (more than 'Active Conversations' if I'm short of time and don't want to get distracted by other people's intriguing-looking threads ...) but the drawback is that by doing so I miss recent posts on threads that I took part in a while ago. E.g. the meet-ups threads for my area tend to go dormant for a while and then spring into life again, and I'd love them to pop up in my 'Threads I'm on' when this happens so that I don't miss anything. I know I could 'add a watch' to these threads, but basically I'd have to add a watch to every thread I contribute to in order to get what I'm looking for, and that does seem like more trouble than it's worth.

Is there another solution to this that I haven't thought of? Or could 'Threads I'm on' be extended to include ANY active threads I've contributed to, not just ones I've posted on recently??

[norash40]

search current messages

[hermykne]

searching takes too long, i agree franch, i use it just like you

[franch]

Search current messages for what, norash? I'm on loads of threads and don't know which ones have suddenly become active again so wouldn't know what to search for. I agree with hermy - it'd be even more cumbersome than adding a watch to every thread I contribute to.

[Snugs]

This is why I use 'Find New Messages' followed by 'Since I last searched' - don't tend to miss anything that way.

First search of the day tends to be enormous, but after that it isn't too bad - and you can always cut the list down by only searching the Topics you are interested in.

[franch]

But Snugs wouldn't that just come up with ALL the new messages? I just want to find the new messages on threads I've contributed to. I'm attempting to use MN more efficiently

[Snugs]

Then why doesn't Watch Thread do the trick? If you post on a thread, then click the watch button. Simple

[franch]

Yeah, just a bit of a faff, Snugs. Will give it a go tho.

[franch]

Hmm, never really used this before - the layout will take a bit of getting used to. Doesn't seem to put the most active threads at the top. Also what does 'reset watch' mean???

[Snugs]

It will show you new messages since your post and will keep listing them until you reset the watch. It will then show posts from that point in time on.

It shouldn't need to be in active convo order - if anything other than your posts are showing on your watch page, then it means someone else has posted on those threads. Read the posts, reset the watch and voila - if other names appear on your watch page again, then you know there are new posts.

[franch]

Thanks snugs. I get what you're saying about active convo order, but if the most recent stuff was at the top it'd save me having to scroll down to search for new names every time. Maybe I'm just lazy ........