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SI - Site Forums : Silicon Investor - Legacy Interface Discussion (2004-2011) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SI Bob who wrote (1122)	9/25/2004 7:13:53 PM
From: arno	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6035

Anyone else wanna take a crack at it? Well...it has to do with volatility and importance. 1 reply 'usually' denotes normal conversation... 8 replies 'usually' denotes, well...many things. If we're voting here...I vote to show the number of replies...but i don't have to code it...so, do whatever you want to do.

To: SI Bob who wrote (1122)	9/25/2004 7:18:53 PM
From: Done, gone.	Respond to of 6035

Does it matter how many replies a post has when it comes to the click/no-click decision? Sometimes. Well worth keeping, for sure. If there are 20 replies, I'll likely check them out before posting my 2¢'s worth. If there is 1 reply, I'm more likely to just say my part without checking what else was said already. One other user example of many, besides the ones already mentioned...