# Is there a way to just see replies to your own posts? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 12, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-just-see-replies-to-your-own-posts/596090 "2011-09-12T19:38:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-just-see-replies-to-your-own-posts/596090/1 "2011-09-12T19:38:25Z")
Is there away to find other people’s responses to your posts? I use the Subscribed Threads link to see if there are any new posts within a thread that I have posted in. However, sometimes I only want to see if anybody specifically addressed my post. Is there a way to do this? ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-just-see-replies-to-your-own-posts/596090/2 "2011-09-12T19:41:34Z")
I don’t think so, because unless they quoted you or something, how’s the board gonna know if they’re responding to your post, or the post 4 above yours, or the one 3 under yours or so on? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-just-see-replies-to-your-own-posts/596090/3 "2011-09-12T19:43:59Z")
Upper right of the thread(at the top). Display modes. Choose Hybrid. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-just-see-replies-to-your-own-posts/596090/4 "2011-09-12T19:45:10Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I don’t think so, because unless they quoted you or something, how’s the board gonna know if they’re responding to your post, or the post 4 above yours, or the one 3 under yours or so on? Testing. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-just-see-replies-to-your-own-posts/596090/5 "2011-09-12T19:47:04Z")
Never mind, didn’t work the way I thought it would. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-just-see-replies-to-your-own-posts/596090/6 "2011-09-12T19:53:05Z")
The way I have to look for people’s responses to my posts is searching for the AClockworkMelon username, which’ll show all the threads I’ve been in. Then I go thread to thread, CTR+Fing for the word “clock.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-just-see-replies-to-your-own-posts/596090/7 "2011-09-12T19:59:57Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > The way I have to look for people’s responses to my posts is searching for the AClockworkMelon username, which’ll show all the threads I’ve been in. Then I go thread to thread, CTR+Fing for the word “clock.” 😛 That’s how I’ve been doing it, but I’m lazy and was hoping for an even easier way to do it. I guess I’ll have to go on living my life the exact same way I did before. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-just-see-replies-to-your-own-posts/596090/8 "2011-09-12T21:35:20Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > That’s how I’ve been doing it, but I’m lazy and was hoping for an even easier way to do it. I guess I’ll have to go on living my life the exact same way I did before. As runner pat has already said, you can switch to hybrid (or threaded) mode. This creates a tree view of the thread, based on quotes. Anyone directly quoting your post will be shown as a branch under your post. Just try it and see for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-just-see-replies-to-your-own-posts/596090/9 "2011-09-12T22:51:23Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > The way I have to look for people’s responses to my posts is searching for the AClockworkMelon username, which’ll show all the threads I’ve been in. Then I go thread to thread, CTR+Fing for the word “clock.” 😛 I used to use this method, but got frustrated because it always showed your posts instead of mine. -D/a