Threaded View

[FZ]

Over on Dpreview.com the forums have the option of showing topics with a threaded or flat view. The threaded view is very reminiscent of the way I used to read usenet groups on a reader who's name I have long forgotten. 

It would be nice if IPS could develop a similar thing so that people could follow branches of discussions within the same topic. 

[Luuuk]

Hi,

It has been already discussed:

 

 

 

 

[FZ]

I see the discussion got closed down about 5 years ago. Looking through Lindy's remarks there I can't help but feel that the world has changed from considered replies to short messaging so substantially in those 5 years that it seems like forum-like flat views are now considered antiquated by the next generation.

This is the extinction risk that us old timers in the forum game have to be aware of - what worked for us doesn't seem to work for the next group of internet users. They want brevity and unless you are guiding them by the hand when it comes to following an online discussion, your outlet is just never going to gain favour with them. 

[Arcade King]

You mean like reddit? no thank you. Never understood how that mess became mainstream.