>>b) It would be nice if individual messages could be marked with some icon that designated them as "trailers" (or non-technical, or something like that). This way, if in a hurry, we could skip over the "thank you Sergey" followed by the "you're welcome" messages. I don't want to discourage people leaving those messages--it would just be nice to flag them to allow avoidance when clicking (and in search results). Unlike with the 3-star feature, where the originator makes the designation, this flag would be set by the person writing the message, as a checkbox before submitting. Maybe: [X] No New Content
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>If it annoys you so much why don't you put me on the twit filter?

Ha! How's that for a total lack of comprehension.

Randy, I like your suggestions. They work towards something like the slashdot system where the users all rate messages and then you can browse the discussions with certain thresholds set, except your suggestion is that the poster themself voluntarily sets the lower priority rating, which makes quite a bit of sense in a technical forum like this one.