Hi Nadia,

Thanks for your input! I assume the UT-team knows best how to value your comments. I have only one comment. See below.

>Hi Peter,
>
>I like the idea in general. I saw "Complain" button on some other forums. I am going to proceed with my comments inside your message in green color. BTW, you're not proposing ideas regarding thread shift and ability to split. I think, it's even more complicated case and requires some serious thoughts and a new thread.

I assume, when you say thread shift, you mean what I know as thread drift. Imo, it can be put in the Rules list. However, I think some types of drift are okay and probably won't trigger anybody to 'complain'. I see several categories of thread drift.

Some single word or phrase triggers someones thoughts and this person starts a whole new subject within the same thread. (How creative.)

Someone sees a joke in something and off we go, one after the other L-O-L.

Someone is of opinion that the debate gets too heated and cuts off discussion by throwing in a joke.

Someone has the means, for some reason, to frustrate a thread and throws in a sick joke or kicks the person instead of playing the ball.
It is not always and immediately easy to perceive the mechanism at hand. And it is even not always a bad thing, at least not in the eyes of everybody. For example, I think that this message can be regarded as drift also, of the first mentioned category. But personally I think that it IS related, and I'm glad you mentioned it. Although it would be a pity if it would gonna dominate the whole thread.

An ability to split? I assume this is your answer to a drift? Haven't thought of that possibility.

Here's another drift, although I think it's related: Currently, all replies get the same title. It consumes a lot of space and appears to be useless info. Maybe we should have the possibility to change the title? Now I know for sure, this is drift. :)


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