[enkeivette]

Just a thought, not sure if it is even feasible considering there is probably standard code to make the site work. But...

It would be cool if the original poster, or the poster of a response to a thread, has the opportunity to mark a box in their response (like "OT") specifying that their post is either off topic, or just a praise. And doing so, would cascade their response with basic info. (Maybe if the reader chooses to view in "OT" cascade format.)

This way, for example, you can open up my paint thread without having to read through 8 pages to see what I did. But like gmail, you have the option to click the cascaded responses and read what all the bs talk is about.

Get on it forum gods!

[motochi]

Can you post a link to your Paint thread so I can get a bead on what you're referring to? Thanks!

[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by motochi

Can you post a link to your Paint thread so I can get a bead on what you're referring to? Thanks!

Here's one
http://motorgen.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1074

He means just having a mechanism for filtering out posts that don't add value to the topic. While some kind of tagging might be nice, most people probably won't do it themselves. So maybe, just a filter that only shows posts from the thread starter would be one simple way. Maybe there's a vb plugin, haven't looked.

[enkeivette]

Or you can have any non OP responses tagged for OT, unless the poster unselects it.