How do you track threads you like?

[klongmaster]

My default is set to 'new post' so when I click onto TD that's what I see...

but sometimes I want to find a thread - like today I'm trying to find BH's thread about his reemergence into society - and I'm foked if I know where to start...

fortunately Marmers is 'ok pathet' otherwise he'll be telling me to use the search function...never liked that and it never works for me...

so what do the rest of you do to follow threads which are interesting to you?

[ChiangMai noon]

I rarely log off for long enough to lose track.

If I do, i use the search function.

[slimboyfat]

i dont like any threads

[stroller]

You can "subscribe" to the thread, in the tool bar above.
Never done this, though.

I often 'loose' threads as well.
If you remember the thread-starter, you can search for their threads in their member's page, done that before.

[Thetyim]

I don't like the search function, it doesn't often find what I'm looking for.

I log on and hit new posts.
If I have a special interest in one thread then I save it as a 'favourite' so that I can find it easily

[klongmaster]

two excellent responses and sooo helpful...thank you gentlemen...

sorry Stroll & SBF...you got between me and my intended targets...

[ChiangMai noon]

two excellent responses and sooo helpful...thank you gentlemen

your welcome Klongy.

[dirtydog]

You can also click on the RSS feed on any forum, its the orange funny thing in the URL window, tells you when there are new posts etc.

[Marmite the Dog]

I read every thread.

If I need to find a specific thread I usually struggle with the search function for 20mins before giving up.

[Ponyboy]

I read every thread.

If I need to find a specific thread I usually struggle with the search function for 20mins before giving up.

every thread?

inchon is nice

[Ponyboy]

I read every thread.

If I need to find a specific thread I usually struggle with the search function for 20mins before giving up.

every thread?

inchon is nice

see i can joke too

[kingwilly]

my experience is more or less same same as MtD...

[Ponyboy]

my experience is more or less same same as MtD...

u search every thread? ok, whatever.

[klongmaster]

If I need to find a specific thread I usually struggle with the search function for 20mins before giving up.

I'm happy to hear that cause I thought I was the only one who couldn't extract any info from the search function...

[ChiangMai noon]

Just for the sake of experimentation Klongy, it took me around 45 seconds to find that thread.
advanced search
search threads by member....... buad hai.

there it was about 6 threads from the top.

[buad hai]

For me the search function works best if I limit it to thread titles. If I have a specific thread I want to find I can usually remember at least one word in the title and I search for that.

But, it doesn't work for short titles as I think it ignores very common words and very short words. For example, William had an interesting thread called "Where Is" (inquiring about absent members) but if you search for "where is" you get:

The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : where, is

So, with apologies to William, I started a similar thread called "Whatever Happened To...."

I can easily find it by searching on "happened" in thread titles only.

[slimboyfat]

it would probably easier to do a search on

'William thread with responses'

[ChiangMai noon]

search for william's threads with at least 3 replies.

there's only ever been 2 of them.

[ChiangMai noon]

ahh ^^
inane minds think alike.

[ChiangMai noon]

Took less than a minute to find this one.

https://teakdoor.com/the-captains-lou...-where-is.html

find threads by ..william.
show threads with at least 10 posts.

There were more than I expected but still on the first page.


Just ask me next time you are having trouble Klongy.
seems I'm the only poster with the nous to do a search properly.

[slimboyfat]

i typed in 'find quality threads by CMN' and it gave me some kind of syntax error

[kingwilly]

i typed in 'find quality threads by CMN' and it gave me some kind of syntax error

class mate, absolute class - there's two posts on this thread alone that deserve greens but i'm all out of ammo!

[ChiangMai noon]

^
oi T.
I only missed out on the first one by a second.
green me.

[buad hai]

it would probably easier to do a search on
'William thread with responses'

In most cases I don't remember who started a thread, though.

[slimboyfat]

CMN's house building in Korat thread is worth a look