I have no idea whether the facility exists in the board software (and I apologise in advance if it’s already there but I’m too daft to realise it) , but…
I’d find it occasionally rather useful to have the facility to log my interest in a thread (such that an email msg gets sent to me in the same way as it does when someone posts to a thread you’ve posted to) without having to post to it. There are sometimes threads which I’d like to keep an eye on, but perhaps haven’t got to the point where I can usefully add to them…
Just a thought…