Threading problem in the new Yahoo interface

[dumbledore11214]

--- In HPFGU-Feedback at yahoogroups.com, "Neri" <nkafkafi at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> > 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:
> I believe I pinpointed the problem. The magic number is 30...
> 
> It seems that if the thread has more than 30 posts in it, the Yahoo 
> threading function gives up. It's actually very easy to see for 
> yourself. Here are the directions:
> 
> In the list site, click on "group by topic" (if you're not in this 
> mode already). This will show you a list of the current threads, 
with 
> the number of posts in each thread shown in the "messages" column. 
> Start entering threads, scroll down and check the "thread tree" at 
> the bottom. You'll find that if the thread has 30 posts  or less, 
> then the thread tree looks the way it should, with upthread posts 
> properly indented. If the thread has more than 30 posts, then only 
30 
> out of these posts will be shown. In these threads you'll often 
find 
> many posts one below the other that are not properly indented. 
> 
> (Note: it's of course possible for several posts to appear one 
below 
> the other with no indentation in any thread. This is OK when 
several 
> members answered the same post. However, if more than 10 posts one 
> after the other have no indentation and they include more than one 
> post from some members, this probably means it's an error.)
> 
> This is obviously a bug in the new Yahoo interface. My guess is 
that 
> Yahoo thought there would be very few threads of more than 30 posts 
> anyway, so why bother. This is probably true in small lists, where 
> it's indeed rare to have very large threads. I think we have to ask 
> Yahoo to fix this problem. At the minimum, if they can't show the 
> whole thread properly, then they should show only the one step 
> upthread post and one-step douwnthread posts. 
> 
> 
> Neri
>

Alla:

Oh, I am sooo computer unsophisticated to put it mildly, but to test 
your magic *30* I just counted the posts in this thread

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/159895

Here a_svirn replies to mine, which Yahoomort does not bother to show 
already and I counted 29, or am I math challenged also? :)

Alla.