Okay, I'm an idiot. What the hell is a "sub thread"?

[karlrschneider]

:eyes:

[Ezlivin]

1. Up Scope

I always took it to be a place where current and past submariners could gather to scuttlebutt.

But perhaps I'm wrong.

:)

[karlrschneider]

2. I am desiccated with mortification.

How could I not know that?

:silly:

[LeftCoast]

5. The discussion from post #2 on down is a sub-thread

:hi:

[TahitiNut]

8. You mean like this?

[TahitiNut]

9. You mean like this?

[TahitiNut]

10. You mean like this?

[TahitiNut]

11. You mean like this?

[TahitiNut]

12. You mean like this?

[TahitiNut]

13. You mean like this?

[uppityperson]

18. that is also called spamming and if you do it too much or too fast

you get tombstoned and have to email mods and petition to be reinstated. But yes

[TahitiNut]

21. You might note that I stopped short of triggering the filter

.... which, I believe, also has a check on {a certain data attribute} before auto-nuking the member.

[uppityperson]

22. I did notice, well done.

thought 6 was the magic number, well done.

[Swamp Rat]

24. Have we gotten to the center of the tootsie pop yet?

[proud patriot]

25. Oh goodie I'm part of this subthread

:hi:

[TahitiNut]

17. Or this?

[zippy890]

19. no, like this

and that other thing

[karlrschneider]

15. So there can be sub-sub threads too?

I'm still a little corn-fused...

[uppityperson]

20. !

[skids]

23. Yes but they generally are just all called subthreads. n/t

[Artdyst]

6. Must have been something you ate. Or else maybe it's the water. EOM

NT

[mike_c]

3. I think it has something to do with big sandwiches....

[uppityperson]

4. when mods delete a branch off a topic

1 posting is removed posting
a branch of postings off a topic (or thread) is a subthread

[burythehatchet]

7. When the main thread gets tired, the sub-thread comes in

[Warren Stupidity]

14. It is how a submarine is stiched together.

[zippy890]

16. can a 'sub-thread' get ' hi-jacked'?

:crazy:

edited to add: see post #17 & 19