Method to ID responses?

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#1

Question about pinning down who someone is responding to in any given thread.

If a responder, when writing, makes no reference to a specific post or poster, is there a back-door method to devine the answer?

With very short threads it typically is no problem, but especially in long threads it can be difficult.

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#2

If a responder, when writing, makes no reference to a specific post or poster, is there a back-door method to devine the answer?

Click on the subject link.

Denny Schlesinger

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#3

Hmmm…

Subject is not available as a hot link when viewing “whole thread” mode.

Then going to the responder one post at a time mode, clicking his subject link is hot, but clicking goes all the back to the OP. I’m pretty sure the devining I’m trying to sort out is not a response to the OP.

Not sure I’m following your directions correctly???

#4

TIME OUT, I TAKE IT BACK!

I just tested your method on this short thread.

Clicked on my own stand alone message (responding to your post), clicked on hot subject link, got to your post.

Thanks!

(Conclusion: When testing on the message I was trying to ascertain, he WAS responding to the OP. I just thought he wasn’t.)

Thanks again.

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#5

I assume BrerBear response post 94196 is to Denny saying to click the <Subject: re “hot link”.>

When, in BrerBear’s post, I click the “re: …”, I go to Denny’s post. Not to the OP.

FWIW
:rowing_man:???
ralph

#6

Ralph-
Yes, I concur…

Thanks!

#7

I’m glad you asked the question.
I learned, too!

:+1::slightly_smiling_face:
ralph

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#8

Thanks again.

My pleasure!

Denny Schlesinger