Non political question about starting a post

[Matariki]

How come some threads have a 'view all' link you need to click and others automatically show all posts in a thread. Is there a way to start a thread that doesn't use the 'view all' option?

[JuniperLea]

1. I think it has to do with the size of the thread

If it's past a certain number of posts, you'll get "view all"...

[MrCoffee]

2. isn't it 20 posts?

[Matariki]

4. no, I don't think that's right

I've noticed threads with just a few posts have 'view all' and others don't

[northzax]

6. not only the number of replies

but the number of lines of text in the replies, I think. sometimes it kicks in at 15, but it always kisks in at 20.

[DireStrike]

8. Sometimes if you come to a post in a certain way it will have a "view all"

even if it is under the number of posts "required." This seems to have something to do with viewing replies to posts.

[CBGLuthier]

10. You are correct

When i came to this thread from the reply in My DU, I got a view all. When I come from the front page, then it gets no view all.

[Greyhound]

11. If you open a reply directly, through a search of direct link from

somewhere else, it opens with all reply text. Otherwise it is number of threads.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

9. It's right

After they reach 20 post then you have the "view all" option.

(Trying to help you get this one to 20 so you can see.) :)

[CBGLuthier]

3. number of replies

That's all it is. Once a certain number is reached, 20 or so I think, then all posts do not get pulled automatically in deference to those still using dial up.

[Matariki]

5. Is it a setting thing then

this post only has about 5 replies but i can only see all of them with 'view all'

On edit: no - can't be my settings - this thread (for instance) has about 6 posts and I can see all the content and there is no 'view all' at the top or in the index. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2258299

what gives?

[Matariki]

7. I don't think it's the number of posts

For instance this thread, even when there was only one reply, required clicking on 'view all' to see the content of the posts.