Moving threads back to page 1

[Caladon]

It would be a lot better if each time a thread is replied to... it goes to the beginning. I have posted a question, for example, and had only 1 reply. I am sure many people know the answer, but because it is now on the 5th page, or something, very few will read it. By replying to a thread and then that thread moving back to the first page it would allow others to see a question they may have previously missed, when it was first posted.

[gen2]

I think your suggestion would be highly detrimental to this site if it were to be implemented. Questions without an answer would get pushed off the bottom of the page while those that had already been answered would take up space at the top! Why would people want to see questions that have been answered?

If you were not happy with the answer(s) given, then why not post it again saying you still want help?

[JoolsTwo]

I think a lot of the problem is caused by people posting questions one at a time instead of in one post. That pushes the question of the front page quicker that anything. You are asked when posting questions to pur them in one post but there are one or two very selfish people on here that won't do it no matter how many time they are politly ask. But I agree with Gen2 this suggetion would not work.

[gen2]

Of course, any individual has the option to view the posts as Caladon suggests, simply by clicking on the tab marked 'Most Recently Answered' which is just to the right of the default 'Most Recent' and just to the left of 'All Unswered' . That should keep most people happy.

[Caladon]

Gen2, I have never been happy with the format of this site, even when it was taken over.
To say questions without an answer would be pushed off the bottom also goes for questions that no one no longer adds to.
At the moment there are questions that are pushed off because new questions are added.

I have already posted about how rubbish the search function of this site is, and to add the ability for recently answers questions to appear at the top would help more questions be answers... or at least for more questions to be viewed by a great number of users.

[joko]

and what about the pointkess jokey questions that end up with a 100+ replies of chatter and one word replies?

they would be constantly kept at the top, while genuine questions wouls disappear fast.

people do tend to go back a page or two when looking at the questions so they should get answered it anyone wants to.

at least you got a reply