Threading problem in the new Yahoo interface

[Ceridwen]

Neri:
> > A typical recent example of this problem can be seen here: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/159569

Scroll down and see how most of the posts in the "thread tree" are 
not indented. So while this post by Jen answers Alla's post, in order 
to read Alla's post I must search for it in the thread, I must know 
that Alla's Yahoo ID is "dumbledore11214" and if she has more than 
one post in this thread then basically I must guess which of them is 
the upthread post.

Ceridwen:
I noticed that, too, on the Banned Books thread, where it was very 
noticeable.  I am trying out the option of sorting threads by date, 
which is at the top of the thread tree.  It seems to work, the first 
post is first, and not indented at all.

The difficulty with this system is that the posts appear by date, so 
some are very indented, while others are not. 


Neri again:
> OK, it seems that the situation is even worse than I first thought.

In my example post: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/159569 I've just 
discovered that, in fact, Alla's post to which Jen responded *does 
not appear at all* in the thread tree below. Alla's posts that do 
appear there are more recent posts. So in this case there is *no way 
at all* to reach the upthread post from Jen's post. The only way I 
could find Alla's original post was to run a search for her text that 
Jen quoted. I think you'll agree with me that this is a very 
roundabout way to do things.

Ceridwen:
Yes, this is a problem.  I have had to do a search too, some time 
back, but I used the poster's name.  If a poster is not a frequent 
poster, then the post being searched for is usually near the top.  
But when the poster is frequent, then it can be buried in the other 
posts, especially when it has been a few days since it has been 
posted.  It is taking me a long time to get completely comfortable 
with the new Yahoo set-up!

Ceridwen.