its a rehash..of previous thought..but
i find so often..im..going through..the search-box
looking for how i put it [the present..new question]..better last time..

but its so often fruitless
i feel a big..thing we need is a search..results for more of the same
with the longer posts..out ranking the lower reply topics

[like i recall..once posting..long studies re marriage..
it would be so great..if more of the same..were all ready available..

linked with the present..thread..
by key auto..key-word search..options
[as chosen.. by..specific authers..via a word-linking option..at posting/page]

[plus..update-able]..[by other posters..
or mods..manually?..[or..simply..by link/by..or by topic name title.

postum scripto..
i should have asked..previous reply deleted
made its own topic..but such is life

it occurs tome...that there maybe..
when/if..a new format..is created..there might be a summery page made available..[a few lines longer..than..the details..on our personal posted-page]..that lists all..of our posts..first few lines..or first paragraph

or just the first..few lines of post replies
that might be expandable..[opening to..read..
as set..by settings..preferences..or..by click

on second thought..no
i..put throw it out here
to..see if it inspires..others further thought's

post limits still bump..the limits on..occasion
but do force more consideration..into..the post's we do..have

anyhow
i..still..love what we got.

it is so often fruitless
i feel a big..thing we need is a search..results for more of the same
with the longer posts..out ranking the lower reply topics but risk is that it can clutter the page.

This forum only needs a few lines of code to make it better. The ability to edit or delete your own posts and a a means to insert a picture, that's it! Probably about 10 lines of code. Oh and it would be great but not possible unfortunately and that is to force people to write their very own thoughts instead of cutting and pasting everything they find on spoogle or their local library. I can read that garbage myself without them plagiarising it from others! This place is more like pastebin than an opinion site

It's rather off-topic (and late) but I can't resist commending Foxy on her suggestion of a 'Middle Finger Award'.
I haven't had such a good laugh in ages.
Really tickled my fancy (and I could immediately think of someone - in sheep's clothing - to whom I could apply that very thought; but then, that would be unkind, as well as being contrary to our improved debating/discussion ethics - as suggested/proposed at least).

As for OLO format:
I think a posted link can adequately serve the purpose for wanting to include a graph or photograph (even if it means giving a reference to the page/section of the linked content) - and has the benefit of identifying the source and bona-fides of the subject content (and of keeping posts concise).

As for 'thank-you' comments, a 'like' button should suffice (with the number of 'likes' recorded against the relevant posting), but I don't think any recording of the person/people who recorded the 'like(s)' is really necessary (and would complicate forum record-keeping and data storage).

I like the current format of OLO, and would hate to see 'emoticons' or other such superfluous and distracting detritus introduced. This is meant to be a serious forum, not a playground.
Bold/italics may be ok, but we can make do without these.

As for keeping to topic: I don't like the idea of 'side' threads - an unnecessary complication. I think a thread should be allowed to flow, and if someone tries to hijack the thread (or it simply runs off-track) it should be up to posters to haul it back (or continue along the off-track if this proves more relevant/interesting and stimulating). Life's too short to get too picky.

Argument style: Skeptics may challenge the 'anthropogenics' of climate change, but why do they constantly point to supposed global cooling as a counter to evidence of sea-ice melt, shrinking ice-caps, dwindling glaciers, sea-level rise and ocean acidification? Correlation please?

Yuyutsu is a purist, and I tend to agree with him that an uncluttered and un-embellished OLO is hard to beat.

Good luck with it Graham; and thanks.

i must admit..this message..is wrong
[i see it often]..

<<"Sorry

Your post limit for this article has already been reached.
You may only post to a particular thread 8 times in any given 24 hour window. You may post again in 2 hours.">>

HERE>>IS THE ERROR..

<<..Comment Added...>>

WRONG..

comment wasnt added

to make..things worse..about 3 or 4 days ago..
my computer decides..to not allow me to back page[as a message comes up

<<Return to comments for this thread.>>

thats another thing that changed..about a month back[6 weeks?]
it USED to..automatically go..to page 1..but one day just stopped doing it on both my fav sites