How how do I follow subthreads?

[CC_Jon]

Continuing the discussion from Posts on Forums seem to be down considerably:

@DigitalDad

At present responses to responses to responses will be jumbled with other responses to responses to responses - based on the time posted. This makes it impossible to follow conversations, or crucially, quickly “skipping” past particular tangential sub-threads to the next truly new contribution in the main thread.

There is a way to follow subthreads if people use the Reply button or quote a previous post:

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Clicking “2 Replies” shows the two posts that replied to or quoted this one:

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From there, you can select the down arrows to jump to the reply. From there you can follow other replies or jump back to the post you were just on using the arrow at the top:

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If there is a useful subthread buried in a conversation, it’s possible for staff to pull that thread out into its own topic.