# Testing the "continuing this discussion..." option **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 29, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-continuing-this-discussion-option/941073 "2021-04-29T22:20:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-continuing-this-discussion-option/941073/1 "2021-04-29T22:20:07Z")
Continuing the discussion from [What 95% vaccine efficacy means](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-95-vaccine-efficacy-means/941014): WHOA! This is very cool. The option defaults to continuing the discussion in the same category, but you can move it (as I did). I like this board. Move on… nuttin’ to see here. ---
**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-continuing-this-discussion-option/941073/2 "2021-04-29T22:43:30Z")
Whilst omnibus threads aren’t great, it would be bad if people used this feature too much and made it like reddit where every new digression splits apart. I like the balance of a thread that disappears when it’s had its time in the sun, but also contains some side discussion. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-continuing-this-discussion-option/941073/3 "2021-04-30T04:39:53Z")
Thanks for the experiment. I wondered whether you could change the forum, but I think I posted it right away without looking for the option. I really like this feature. There are many times that I know my response on a topic would be a hijack, or I worry that it will be. Sometimes I just don’t post the response, sometimes I do, but I will back away from it if it seems like it is taking over too much of the discussion. I like how this feature lets you link to what prompted it, and then start that discussion, with whoever wants to follow. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-continuing-this-discussion-option/941073/4 "2021-04-30T13:42:36Z")
The way to change the forum is not readily apparent. Under “options” you only see the forum you started out in. Click on that square and I think a blank appears where you can insert or navigate to a new forum. Hell, I only did it once… can’t remember. 🙄 Apropos of nothing: as a \<_choke_\> senior citizen I get that “test” every year from my PCP’s office where they say, “I’m going to say five words, and in a few minutes I’m going to ask you what they are.” Fuck them is what _I_ say. Since the last two appts have been zoomed, _I now write the words down_. I’ve told this to several people and apparently lots of clever senior citizens do exactly the same thing, even in person. HA! Our mental acuity is just fine _thankyouverymuch_, you young whippersnapper. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-continuing-this-discussion-option/941073/5 "2021-04-30T20:33:34Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > ” Fuck them is what _I_ say That’s six words. You need to delete one. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-continuing-this-discussion-option/941073/6 "2021-04-30T22:17:15Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > That’s six words. You need to delete one. A sign of declining math skills, which is also on the cognitive test (the only part my mom still aces, unfortunately). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-continuing-this-discussion-option/941073/7 "2021-04-30T23:12:14Z")
Like I’ve said before, there are three kinds of people in the world-- those who are good at math and those who aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-continuing-this-discussion-option/941073/8 "2021-05-05T14:24:14Z")
This is a test post. It is a reply to the previous post. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-continuing-this-discussion-option/941073/9 "2021-05-05T14:24:33Z")
This is a test post. It is a reply to the original post. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-continuing-this-discussion-option/941073/10 "2021-05-05T14:25:34Z")
This is a test post. It is a reply to the last post I didn’t make.