Filter by OP postings

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DaveH23

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3,230 posts

169 months

Sunday 12th June 2022
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I know it's been asked in the past and rejected where we can 'ignore' certain users postings, but can we look at it another way, can it be possible to filter a thread to only see posts made by the OP?

This would be very useful in threads that gather alot of comments but you're only interested updates from the OP.


bigandclever

13,750 posts

237 months

Sunday 12th June 2022
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Seems like a daft idea to me but I am on the lash smile

Here's what the last thread you started would look like, doesn't seem that useful a function ..

DaveH23 said:
We bought our property in March 2019, the people we purchased off moved down the road.

After moving in we were still getting mail for them so we would walk down and post it to them, caught them in person and motioned it on more than one occasion and they kept saying they would get around to updating their address.

We have since stopped taking it to them but started writing no longer at this address and popping it back in the Post Box

We are still receiving mail for them and some of these are from Banks, HMRC and DWP. Late last year he died, we know this as they are friends of friends and friends of my GF's clients.

This week we have received a letter titled to his estate, whilst I will ensure this is handed to his wife in person, is it anything to be concerned about other than they don't have their own affairs in order?

My gut feeling is no but thought i'd check with the masses.
DaveH23 said:
3rd sentence in....
DaveH23 said:
Every cloud.... biggrin:

DaveH23

Original Poster:

3,230 posts

169 months

Sunday 12th June 2022
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You're correct. My last thread isn't the type where people would be wanting to see my updates as I was asking for advice.

A reader's car thread for instance or a thread where the OP is posting updates others are interested in would be beneficial, funnily enough, exactly as I explained.

Now put your phone down if your in the pub and interact with whomever you're out with.

Scrump

21,886 posts

157 months

Sunday 12th June 2022
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DaveH23 said:
Now put your phone down if your in the pub and interact with whomever you're out with.
biglaugh
great advice thumbup

silentbrown

8,790 posts

115 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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Is this new? I like the idea!

However, it seems to need a hard refresh (CTRL-F5) to get the layout working correctly.

Until I'd done that, it was generally to cock...

Grumps.

5,958 posts

35 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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Seems like a pointless feature IMO.

toasty

7,441 posts

219 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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I can see the benefit when you're looking at Reader's car threads and want to skip the comments.

I don't like the centre position of the option though, no need for top and bottom also.

The Hypno-Toad

12,246 posts

204 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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Sorry I must have missed a meeting.

Got this coming up when I go to a topic on the forums now I get OP posts only. Nothing seems to have changed but I have no clue what it means.

Must me being dense but maybe it was announced on my day off.

happie33

275 posts

134 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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press the button

all will be revealed

MitchT

15,787 posts

208 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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Grumps. said:
Seems like a pointless feature IMO.
I disagree. There are numerous threads where I find myself trawling through loads of replies, people arguing with each other, etc. to see if the OP has updated on something. If I could filter out everything except the OP I could quickly see if there's been an update. It'll make my life easier!

SteveStrange

3,748 posts

212 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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Great feature, IMO. Well done PH hamsters! biggrin

jfdi

1,031 posts

174 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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Just come across this myself and tried it on the damp caravan thread. Looks like it reloads the thread only showing posts by the original poster. Potentially very useful when you return to a thread to see if the OP has updated it, as it will save you having to trawl through pages of other posters arguing.

Grumps.

5,958 posts

35 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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MitchT said:
Grumps. said:
Seems like a pointless feature IMO.
I disagree. There are numerous threads where I find myself trawling through loads of replies, people arguing with each other, etc. to see if the OP has updated on something. If I could filter out everything except the OP I could quickly see if there's been an update. It'll make my life easier!
Ah, thats a fair point.

smile

Fastdruid

8,623 posts

151 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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Good start, although IMO it would work better as a threaded model for "Readers cars" et al.

So you have the OP posting an update and then people are replying to *that* single post rather than just adding to the entire post.

So something like this and you could choose how many levels to go.

OP Post 1
| Reply 1
| Reply 2
| | Reply to Reply 2
| | | Reply to reply to reply smile
OP Post 2
OP Post 3
| Reply
OP Post 4

etc.



andburg

7,207 posts

168 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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Brilliant addition, several longrunning threads are hard to keep track of and this makes it a breeze!

DaveH23

Original Poster:

3,230 posts

169 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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It's here.

Hurrah.

spitfire-ian

3,829 posts

227 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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DaveH23 said:
It's here.

Hurrah.
Oooh, that's rather useful!

dickymint

24,088 posts

257 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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Excellent tool - would be even better if it could filter individual posters as well thumbup

B'stard Child

28,320 posts

245 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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Provides an Interesting result when used in a multiple vol thread in NP&E biggrin



Edited by B'stard Child on Thursday 30th March 14:11

B'stard Child

28,320 posts

245 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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dickymint said:
Excellent tool - would be even better if it could filter individual posters as well thumbup
That's always been available to you via the tampermonkey script biggrin