# Am I the only one who clicks new thread, instead of reply? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 14, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-clicks-new-thread-instead-of-reply/72507 "2001-07-14T20:29:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-clicks-new-thread-instead-of-reply/72507/1 "2001-07-14T20:29:47Z")
I don’t know if there was a change in the placement of those buttons at the bottom of a thread, or if I’m just having brain farts in my old age, but I click the new thread button about 50% of the time that I want to actually reply. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-clicks-new-thread-instead-of-reply/72507/2 "2001-07-14T20:56:20Z")
Nope, they’ve always been that way, iirc. How’s that working for you? 🙂 your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-clicks-new-thread-instead-of-reply/72507/3 "2001-07-14T21:38:54Z")
Oh great, it’s all downhill from here. 😃 _Note: I almost did it when replying to this thread. Must be another board that confuses me. That’ll teach me to stray._ ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-clicks-new-thread-instead-of-reply/72507/4 "2001-07-15T00:09:10Z")
There are other boards? Wow. That’s the most amazing thing I heard since someone told me that this machine here can do things other than read the SDMB (and post to it). Or that time I was shown the “outdoors”. ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-clicks-new-thread-instead-of-reply/72507/5 "2001-07-15T00:51:48Z")
**DMC** , they do that say the mind is the first thing to go. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-clicks-new-thread-instead-of-reply/72507/6 "2001-07-16T08:23:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*BooBoo316 \*\*\* > **DMC** , they do **that say** the mind is the first thing to go. 🙂 (Bolding mine) And here we have conclusive proof. ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-clicks-new-thread-instead-of-reply/72507/7 "2001-07-16T08:52:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by \*\*BooBoo316 \*\*\* > > **DMC** , they do **that say** the mind is the first thing to go. 🙂 > > (Bolding mine) > > And here we have conclusive proof. Damn. I previewed and everything. Too much cut & paste, not enough sleep.