# I wish to respond to a thread a I started, but I don't know how **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 20, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509 "2006-04-20T19:12:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gustave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7c8e57/32.png) [@Gustave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustave)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/1 "2006-04-20T19:12:17Z")
I am seriously considering becoming a subscribing member, but I posted a thread and now can’t get to it. What can I do? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/2 "2006-04-20T19:15:19Z")
> [@Gustave](#): > > I am seriously considering becoming a subscribing member, but I posted a thread and now can’t get to it. What can I do? Click either the Reply or New Post button. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/3 "2006-04-20T19:16:11Z")
> [@Gustave](#): > > I am seriously considering becoming a subscribing member, but I posted a thread and now can’t get to it. What can I do? I’m assuming you’re talking about [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=366152), since it’s the only other one you’ve started. Are you saying you are unable to find the thread (if so, try changing the display options at the bottom of the forum page to show threads from farther back) or that you for some reason can’t post to it? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/4 "2006-04-20T19:16:21Z")
Sorry, it’s called the Post Reply button. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/5 "2006-04-20T19:18:28Z")
[Here you go](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=366152) ---
**Author:** ![Gustave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7c8e57/32.png) [@Gustave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustave)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/6 "2006-04-20T19:18:51Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Click either the Reply or New Post button. I can’t even get to the thread to click Reply or New Post. My profile says I have no posts. But I do have one, I was very appreciate of the responses. The system, however, seems to want to get rid of me. Hell, I can come up with the $15, as long as the system will be civil. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/7 "2006-04-20T19:20:05Z")
Damn, talk about being beaten to the punch… ---
**Author:** ![Gustave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7c8e57/32.png) [@Gustave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustave)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/8 "2006-04-20T19:23:35Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I’m assuming you’re talking about [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=366152), since it’s the only other one you’ve started. Are you saying you are unable to find the thread (if so, try changing the display options at the bottom of the forum page to show threads from farther back) or that you for some reason can’t post to it? I tried that, but it didn’t work. In any case, you’re a Godsend, **Giraffe** , for providing that link. I like this board. I’ve tried some other ones and the only word I can find for them is “embarrassing.” Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/9 "2006-04-20T20:38:36Z")
> [@Gustave](#): > > I tried that, but it didn’t work. In any case, you’re a Godsend, **Giraffe** , for providing that link. It’s true. I am. Most people just call me Internet Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/10 "2006-04-20T20:54:24Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > It’s true. I am. Most people just call me Internet Jesus. The rest of us just call him the Internet Barney Google. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/11 "2006-04-20T21:11:28Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > The rest of us just call him the Internet Barney Google. Google for short. Perhaps you’ve seen [my website](http://www.google.com)? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/12 "2006-04-20T22:41:55Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Google for short. Perhaps you’ve seen [my website](http://www.google.com)? [Let me fix that link for you.](http://pbskids.org/barney/) ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/13 "2006-04-20T23:25:42Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Google for short. Perhaps you’ve seen [my website](http://www.google.com)? Did a search; couldn’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/14 "2006-04-21T04:29:30Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Most people just call me Internet Jesus. I must have missed the memo. When did they change the definition of _most_ to “vanishingly close to zero”? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/15 "2006-04-21T12:47:14Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Let me fix that link for you.](http://pbskids.org/barney/) Wrong Barney, he meant this [one](http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/bgoogle/about.htm). Welcome to the Board **Gustave** Jim ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/16 "2006-04-21T13:11:31Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Google for short. I tried that. There wasn’t a single giraffe reference to be found. Liarhead. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/17 "2006-04-22T19:42:06Z")
Gustave, you can keep track of your threads by **subscribing** to them. Click on the **thread tools** link near the top of the page then use the subscribe option from the menu. You can automatically subscribe to your threads. Click on the **User CP** link then the **edit options** link. Go down to the **Default Thread Subscription Mode** section and select your choice. click on the **User Cp** link any time to see replies to your threads. From the user CP you can click on the link **View all Subscribed Threads** to see your threads without new replies. Or you can go to your own post, click on your own name which will take you to your public profile. From here you can see all your own posts or threads you started. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/18 "2006-04-23T15:09:58Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > Wrong Barney, he meant this [one](http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/bgoogle/about.htm). > > Welcome to the Board **Gustave** > > Jim Nah, perhaps he meant [this one](http://www.planethalflife.com/blueshift/). But knowing **Giraffe** it was most likely [this one](http://www.whitehouse.gov/barney/). ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/19 "2006-04-23T15:15:08Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > But knowing **Giraffe** it was most likely [this one](http://www.whitehouse.gov/barney/). But that is a really cute Barney! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509/20 "2006-04-23T15:37:49Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > Gustave, you can keep track of your threads by **subscribing** to them. Click on the **thread tools** link near the top of the page then use the subscribe option from the menu… Wow, a post in this thread that is actually _useful._ What a concept!