"We could see at a glance how much life a thread had - not any more." manually typed break
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FWIW now I can see instantly the number of views and replies that a thread has. I assume that is an indicator of "how much life" it has. I like that. And I don't have to scroll so far down pages with a large list of responses to the same thread before I see what the next thread is. That makes forum browing quicker for me.

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