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To: kgr1137 who wrote (98)	2/27/2012 7:31:42 PM
From: SI Brad	5 Recommendations Respond to of 3249

And no search function here There are three ways to search. This image below is from the top of the BAK - Investing Subject page. (1) You can enter keywords into the box at the top of any page...change the pulldown box to "Public Msgs" to search the entire site. (2) "Search this subject" to search only "BAK - Investing Subject" (3) Click on "Advanced Search" for more options, such as all messages from a particular author on a particular subject. No subjects/no threads is a huge drawback here. In practice, people on SI tend to embed quotes to the message they are responding to, so that it is obvious what they are responding to, if relevant. If you have used Investor Village for years, then I have no doubt it is the best site format for you. There are people on SI who have been here for years and would swear by the SI format as best (for them). A lot of it is preference. On SI, the first 80 characters of a post becomes the subject line, as most people tend to describe their post fairly well in the first sentence and would find the use of automatic "Re:" unnecessary. That said, viewing an entire hierarchical thread structure at once might be a feature we can add without offending long-time users.

To: kgr1137 who wrote (98)	2/27/2012 7:57:51 PM
From: SI Brad	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3249

No one can seriously argue that this is a better site format than IV. I just realized that you have been a member on both sites for years, so you ARE in a position to judge which format is best. In contrast, I've been staring at the same format for several decades so it obviously suits me well :) The design here was originally implemented as a "flat" system, in an attempt to keep things simple. You are right that it does tend to assume that people want to read every message. That worked great 15 years ago when people put a lot more time, thought, and detail into each individual post, respecting the fact that it took several seconds just to load each individual post. Unfortunately, in part because bandwidth has sped up considerably, message boards have devolved over the years into hybrid "chat" lines where each individual post has less content. Some people on SI have posted more than 100,000 times. I understand the need to be able to extract what interests you most. In summary, I am not opposed to evolving SI's format to fit the times. Could you live without the explicit "subject" line, if there was a way to view an entire "thread" of responses to a message on one page (i.e. not just replies, but replies-to-replies-to-replies-etc...)?

To: kgr1137 who wrote (98)	2/27/2012 8:46:32 PM
From: thatsnotluck	Respond to of 3249

<<We aren't all interested in everything on every subject but your are forced here to at least skim every post.>> actually the BAK board is the one board that i usually read everything sequentially, so i think i could adapt to lack of headline, but a headline sure helps provide context to a thread. and for the occasional thread that i do not have an interest in, IV does give an option to ignore the thread. there are times when i cannot read everything and have to pick and choose. at those times the headlines become extremely helpful.