I usually log in at least 2x per day (24 hours). When I click on a Discussion Board, I get the flat view with a, presumably, chronological sort based on the most recent reply:
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Subject Posts Views Last Post
This 24 512 by Him 10 minutes ago
That 11 123 by Her 1 hour ago
Ketchup 57 678 by Heinz 6 hours ago
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I usually click on the most recent post to go to that section of the thread. Yet, I know that I am missing out on recent posts. But then I also notice that some "NEW" posts show up marked as "yesterday" which I know cannot be right.
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Upon scanning the flat lists of recent posts to a number of discussion boards, I do not see a single post labeled in hours with more than 15 hours ("by clocky 15 hours ago") and there are very few of those. It looks like a post becomes "yesterday" after only 12-15 hours.
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Since I log in daily or more, I don't bother clicking on posts older than yesterday or # days ago. BUT, BECAUSE OF THE BROKEN CLOCK, I AM MISSING RECENT POSTS which makes it hard to follow some threads ... and reply to posts in a timely fashion.
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BRING BACK THE OLD METHOD OF DATE STAMPING POSTS!
Subject Posts Views Last Post
This 24 512 by Him 14:13 Monday June 19 2017
(or something like that)
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AND ADD A "Last logged in" popup when I log in so I know, with a timestamp, when I last logged in!
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Thank you.
Posted By: impposter
I think that many of us click on a board (e.g., General) and get the default Flat view which is supposed to be sorted according to the time of the Last Post in the right hand column. I have consistently noticed that the ordering frequently screwed up. E.g.,
33 minutes, 1 h, 1 h, 2 h, 2 h, *1 h*, 3 h, 3 h ... Note the "1 h ago" post that is out of sequence.
yesterday, 2 d, 2 d, 3 d, 3 d, *2 d*, 3 d, 4 d, ... Note the "2 d ago" post that is out of sequence.
Does anyone else notice that (not just on General, but on all the boards I follow).
Is it really that hard to program a chronological sorting feature?
EDIT: Added title to URL link.
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