# What happened to "thread tools?"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-thread-tools/592036>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 9, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-thread-tools/592036 "2011-08-09T04:39:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-thread-tools/592036/1 "2011-08-09T04:39:15Z")

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I used to have a drop-down menu that would let me subscribe to a thread without posting. No more?

Joe

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-thread-tools/592036/2 "2011-08-09T04:43:12Z")

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I still see it. In fact, I see it in this very thread.

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**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:** [August 9, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-thread-tools/592036/3 "2011-08-09T04:47:03Z")

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What do you see to the left of the “Search This Thread” function?

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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-thread-tools/592036/4 "2011-08-09T05:55:00Z")

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I must be an idiot. Now I see it, exactly where I KNOW it is. I have no idea why it wasn’t there before. Feel free to close this abortion.

Joe

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-thread-tools/592036/5 "2011-08-09T12:01:14Z")

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> [@wheresgeorge04](#):
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> I must be an idiot. Now I see it, exactly where I KNOW it is. I have no idea why it wasn’t there before. Feel free to close this abortion.
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> Joe

I will use the mod version of thread tools to do so. 😉