Dan- I'm only speaking for ME as one admin -- but I would be a bit upset if someone posted objections for MULTIPLE posts within the same thread because with the current structure of the boards we can only view the thread--not individual messages. So if I am tending to an abuse report on a post within a thread I can't tell (other than by reading the text of the objection) which post within a thread the objection is attached to--therefore, I review the entire thread when an objection is attached to it and I would hope that all admins do likewise. So it is completely unnecessary (not to mention annoying) to find objections attached to MULTIPLE posts within a thread I'm already being drawn to for review. Joan -------------- It doesn't make sense unless you are finished with the thread or it only has 1 message. When reading a thread with multiple responses and I come across a message that needs an objection, I file the objection immediately then continue reading the thread. IMO, this is the most efficient method - if I finished reading the thread, I would then have to backtrack to find the message on which to file the objection - in a long thread, this would be quite time consuming. Also, since the programmers/developers have determined there is no need for a means to "skip" to a previous page of threads, if the thread I was reading was on the 7th page, I have to waste my time to navigate back to where I was to proceed to the following thread. Returning to the board view when deleting or moving makes sense *only* when the entire thread is deleted/moved. This was one of the downgrades of the December (2006) Debacle - on the previous system, if a message was deleted/moved from *within* a thread, you were taken back *to the thread* - a point near to your previous place. However, I fully understand the programmers/developers have no regard for either the time of mere volunteers/users or for anything remotely resembling common sense. Dan **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48)

On Feb 10, 2008 12:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan- > > I'm only speaking for ME as one admin -- but I would be a bit upset if > someone posted objections for MULTIPLE posts within the same thread > because with > the current structure of the boards we can only view the thread--not > individual > messages. So if I am tending to an abuse report on a post within a > thread > I can't tell (other than by reading the text of the objection) which post > within a thread the objection is attached to--therefore, I review the > entire > thread when an objection is attached to it and I would hope that all > admins do > likewise. So it is completely unnecessary (not to mention annoying) to > find > objections attached to MULTIPLE posts within a thread I'm already being > drawn > to for review. > > Joan > Joan, I had never seen what you described ("can't tell...which post within a thread the objection is attached to"). On the rare occasions I have to deal with objections, I always see the message to which the objection pertains. However, with a little experimenting, I found the difference. In flat mode I saw the whole thread and was unable to distinguish which message was referenced by the objection. On the other hand, in thread view I saw the specific message. If the entire thread was recently moved to the board (which is evident to me by the orange "unread" dots), then I will review it in its entirety. Otherwise, I have already reviewed the entire thread and, there is *usually* no need to review it a second time. In this instance I'm thinking as a *user* rather than as an admin. If I'm reading the 4th (oldest to newest) of 28 messages in a thread and file an objection on that message, it is inconvenient to have to navigate back from the main page to read the remaining 24 posts after filing the objection. Dan