I'm not reading that thread anymore

June 21, 2007 8:30 PM

Pony request... I'd love to be able to take threads off of my Recent Activity page.
posted by Many bubbles to Feature Requests at 8:30 PM (12 comments total)

It's just that sometimes, two hundred comments later, I don't care anymore. So it's cluttering up the page and adding another screen or so of scrolling to it (scrolling is hard work!). And I kinda wish I hadn't commented on the thread in the first place.
posted by Many bubbles at 8:30 PM on June 21, 2007

It's come up a couple times before—in a rush, or I'd track down the threads—and I like the idea too, but it hasn't been a high priority dev-wise.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:35 PM on June 21, 2007

Ahhh. *nod* I hadn't seen it suggested before; I must have missed it.
posted by Many bubbles at 8:37 PM on June 21, 2007

I know next to nothing about database and programming stuff, but it seems like an ajax-y "hide" function (like what happens when digg comments down on digg) would be even better and have the added benefit of keeping the data intact. You can push it back and then pull it toward you if and when you want to take another look.
posted by dhammond at 8:47 PM on June 21, 2007

It's just that sometimes, two hundred comments later, I don't care anymore.

The problem is not MetaFilter. The problem is your ability to care.
posted by The Deej at 8:49 PM on June 21, 2007

Hey, yeah! I was thinking of a straight "unsubscribe" equivalent, but that would be better.
posted by Many bubbles at 8:49 PM on June 21, 2007

Yup, I requested this here.

Essentially, it's too much trouble, but there's a Greasemonkey script.
posted by FlamingBore at 8:51 PM on June 21, 2007

Essentially, it's too much trouble, but there's a Greasemonkey script.

I think you've reawakened my wistful longing for the days when I could use Firefox on this computer without sobbing into my shirtsleeves at how slow it was.
posted by Many bubbles at 8:56 PM on June 21, 2007

Please close this thread, so as to keep cortex's thread the only remaining open thread from the summer solstice (in the Northern hemisphere, yeah, yeah, whatevs). Please, please, please, please, please?
posted by cgc373 at 8:59 PM on June 21, 2007 [1 favorite]

What dark ritual is this?!
posted by Many bubbles at 9:06 PM on June 21, 2007 [1 favorite]

Yeah, I think after that last week of pure hell the mods are enjoying the freedom to close threads.
posted by Rhomboid at 9:54 PM on June 21, 2007

I dunno. I mean, it's basically a double, and answered to the posters satisfaction, but closing it would be kind of harsh. I mean, it'd be a real jerk move. Balls nasty, is what I'm saying.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:14 PM on June 21, 2007 [3 favorites]