# Thread wrangling **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 31, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-wrangling/386224 "2006-12-31T17:16:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-wrangling/386224/1 "2006-12-31T17:16:09Z")
Is there a way to keep up with current threads after they have ‘fallen off’? I notice that they frequently return. Doe you have to bookmark them? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-wrangling/386224/2 "2006-12-31T17:17:46Z")
Grrr… do, not “doe”. Yes, I previewed. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-wrangling/386224/3 "2006-12-31T18:15:04Z")
Above the first post, click on thread tools, then on “subscribe to this thread”. You can email notifications when the thread is posted to. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-wrangling/386224/4 "2006-12-31T18:36:18Z")
[QUOTE=CarnalK] Above the first post, click on thread tools, then on “subscribe to this thread”. You can email notifications when the thread is posted to. [/QUOTE] In addition to what the ever-helpful **CarnalK** says here, which is the ideal way to track individual threads of interest, you can also reset your individual preferences for each forum (GQ, MPSIMS, the Pit, etc.). There’s a default setting of today, last two days, the last week, or whatever for each, which you can reset to your own preference. This keeps a thread on your menu longer. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-wrangling/386224/5 "2006-12-31T19:33:34Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] Is there a way to keep up with current threads after they have ‘fallen off’? I notice that they frequently return. Doe you have to bookmark them? Thanks [/QUOTE] In addition to the others’ comments, if you have a particular thread in mind, you can just search for it. When I wanted to add to my GQ thread about my wisdom tooth, I just searched for all threads started by **Canadjun** since I couldn’t remember what the title of the thread was. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-wrangling/386224/6 "2006-12-31T19:39:10Z")
[QUOTE=CarnalK] Above the first post, click on thread tools, then on “subscribe to this thread”. You can email notifications when the thread is posted to. [/QUOTE] You can also, once you’ve subscribed to a thread or threads, hit the **User CP** link at the top of the page. That brings you to your control panel where you can view all your subscribed threads, whether or not there’s been any activity. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-wrangling/386224/7 "2006-12-31T20:00:17Z")
If you posted to the thread, you can also click on Quick Links in the page header, then My Profile, then Find all posts by Don’t fight the hypothetical ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-wrangling/386224/8 "2006-12-31T20:17:06Z")
Wow, great advice all. I knew about ‘Search’ but it takes time and I didn’t want to tax the hamster. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-wrangling/386224/9 "2006-12-31T22:14:28Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] Wow, great advice all. I knew about ‘Search’ but it takes time and I didn’t want to tax the hamster. Thanks again. [/QUOTE] Hey, helping the noobs makes all Dopers happiers. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-wrangling/386224/10 "2007-01-01T14:43:09Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] You can also, once you’ve subscribed to a thread or threads, hit the **User CP** link at the top of the page. That brings you to your control panel where you can view all your subscribed threads, whether or not there’s been any activity. [/QUOTE] That’s what I do. I set it so the board automatically subscribes me to all threads I post to, then just hit the User CP first whenever I drop by to see what’s new in those discussions. I tell it just to subscribe me, not send email notifications.