by Deathworks » Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:57 am
Hi!
Personally, I see this as a problem of personal responsibility:
If you go to a thread via the index page, you know where it is. So, you are properly warned.
If you go to a thread via the latest post, you also know where it is, so again, you are properly warned.
If you use the latest topics link, you don't know where it is. So, it could be anywhere on the site. If you still want to use that feature, you do so at your own risk. I mean, if you go driving around blind folded, you should not complain about not reaching the location you wanted to reach. We all know the latest thread does not show where the thread is located, so it may take us anywhere. And demanding that people take into account every quirk of this rather minor feature sounds rather absurd to me (after all, once it has moved from the top of that list, it will never be visible there again, but it will show up in the latest post and the index page accordingly.
As for changing the site, personally, I would rather see the latest topics feature itself removed completely. As I said, it is distorting the information about site activity and encouraging redundant threads even about issues currently debated in existing threads. If a thread was created but no one ever commented on it, it could still lead the pack for a long time if discussion continues in existing threads. On the other hand, no information about lively debates in senior threads is shown.
Until that happens, I really suggest that people who can't stand certain sections of the site should not use the latest thread or come to terms with sometimes seeing things they would rather not see. I mean, we are adults here, aren't we?
Deathworks
EDIT: Correct naming inside the post (no content change). Also want to point out that I put my suggestion for removal of the feature into the discussion over in the technical section. It would be nice if people could share their thoughts on the feature there.
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Deathworks on Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:48 am, edited 1 time in total.