I realize this's likely been asked in one form or another, but searching for it here's like Googling "Oh no! Oh my!" with a broken quote key.
Anyways, how about a weighted thread view for logged-in users? The "newest-thread view" sucks, as it has no concept of hot threads or older, revisited threads. I suggest something like the following:
* New thread = +10
* Reactivated thread, one month since last post = +5
* New post in thread since Last Visit = +1, log decreasing per thread
* New post in thread inactive for one month = +2, log decreasing
Agreed that this suggestion kinda stinks of newfangled Bulletin iBoard technology, but the mod insistence upon revisiting old threads with repeated topics virtually ensures that these posts go to the ILM graveyard. In other words, if a topic is worth revisiting on its original thread and not a new thread, then the thread's visibility is also worth elevating.
Now, I'm not saying that my weighting scheme is perfect or anything, but it's a start. I might even be able to find time to implement it if the code maintainer is no longer around.
― Shoes say, yeah, no hands clap your good bra. (goodbra), Friday, 9 June 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)
this will make things much less complicated, thanks
― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 11 June 2006 21:33 (nineteen years ago)
I could make it optional that the ILM newbie has to do the arithmetic himself. ILM regulars would naturally be able to do it all in their heads.
― Shoes say, yeah, no hands clap your good bra. (goodbra), Monday, 12 June 2006 14:35 (nineteen years ago)
. This Tragic Fucking Dog, My Piece Of Shit Neighbors
(16 new answers, 311 total, New post in thread since Last Visit = +1, log decreasing per thread, 14 days since last Momus post, stable, becoming less serious)― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 07:59 (nineteen years ago)
three weeks pass...
I only just saw Mark's answer there and it is the funniest thing I've read this week.
― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 07:30 (nineteen years ago)