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Would someone please let me know when looking at a thread on our website by date and time it suddenly does not follow and it is way up the thread mostly on the day before - as the date and time does not follow- just interested as it annoys me

Helen Bamberger ● 1855d6 Comments

I assume your comment was prompted by Philippa's post on the Energy Crisis thread at 15.40 today, which appears before a series of posts made two days ago. But that's exactly as it should be. Her post was in response to Richard Greenhough's post at 09.39 on 24 September. If it had appeared at the bottom of the list, it wouldn't have been so clear to which post she was replying

Robert Fish ● 1855d

No - it happens a lot- especially when the threads are long- maybe no one else has this happening??? It would be good to know if anyone else has this ?

Helen Bamberger ● 1855d

Helen Bamberger explained "No - it happens a lot- especially when the threads are long"It's a direct consequence of the actual post a poster replies to, when clicking "Submit Reply"It may not be obvious as to how this happens, as in many cases many posters don't make clear whose post they're actually responding to, or what comment they're addressing.Nevertheless if a poster responds to the first postin a long thread, even one started weeks ago, their post will be tacked on to the end of any replies already made to that first first post, and so will appear near the top of the thread. Even if postedweeks later.And the same when responding to posts appearing in the middle of a thread.In theory it makes it easier to follow the points being made and is actually called "thread view".michael adams 

Michael Adams ● 1855d

Thanx for explaining..

Helen Bamberger ● 1855d

Lately I have found that although I reply to a specific post, and with that post in the frame, what I have written still gets placed at the end of the line. This makes for disjointed reading and can lead to confusion. It may be best to start replies with the name of the person whose contribution is being replied to. (This is on the "classic" w4.com site, not the "new" version. Possibly the problem doesn't pertain there?)

Bruce Hammal ● 1855d

This forum works in the same way as many other forums where people might reply to the original post or to a comment part of the way down the thread.  Instagram and YouTube work in the same way, for example. The posts are laid out in a tree structure, but the twigs and branches are invisible, though indicated by the indentation of each line.This post of mine from 2007 shows part of a thread with the twigs and branches in place, which you might find useful in understanding the structure. (Ye gods, that was 14 years ago!)

Richard Jennings ● 1855d