Threads That Live Again

[kevin_standlee]

One of the things I dislike about LiveJournal is how quickly threads die. I'd love to have a (user definable yes/no) feature that said, "If I ever post a comment on an LJ entry, notify me if another comment is posted to it." Yes, we have the "watch" command, but you have to activate it for every LJ entry. I would like to be able to assume that if I comment something, I'm interested in reading what others have read even if it isn't a direct response to my comment.

Anyway, a thread about Denvention Three's hotel situation has received fresh comments that may interest some of you.

Comments

[thirdworld.livejournal.com]

That would be good in this case, but I'd hate it. I reply to a lot of people's threads, just to chip in and let them know I'm thinking of them, but I don't want to be emailed every time someone replied to them.

Other BBs/communities I know use these approaches:
A sort sequence by date. Posts with the most recent replies sort to the top.
The ability to see all posts where you made a comment, ever.

I think we could think up more too. LJ is working on a new search facility and maybe something like this is included.