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Latest reply on Mar 15, 2017 by BonnieBee.quit.2.8.15

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I have been here for 2 years now and I rarely go to the groups that I have joined I find the format confusing .Now that we have a place to ask questions ( I like this place ! ) here goes .

First : How do you find the beginning of the days discussion quickly and easily ?

Second: Why does one discussion go on for years ? If you choose another discussion will anyone see it ? Will Ex'ers get aggravated if someone decises to begIn a new discussion ? I was going to reply to Love Yourself and when I hit reply to original discussion it said reply to Smorgy so i just felt confused and left the group .

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Giulia Feb 19, 2017 3:33 PM
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I can answer the latter part of your question: There are two places to reply/comment on blogs and discussions. If you go to Smorgy's blog Archived: Love Yourself! and scroll briefly down you will see a large red Add a Reply button before the comments start.

Also, if you go to the very end of all the comments by clicking on the red underlined arrow

you'll see a button that says Reply to Original Discussion.

If you want to reply to a specific person you would click under their response on Reply.

Hope this helps some.
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- Thomas3.20.2010 @ Giulia on Feb 19, 2017 4:28 PM
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  You can find today's discussion in for example: Archived: Love Yourself! right under the title where it says:
  Latest reply on Feb 19, 2017 by XXX. Just click on the latest reply.
  
  This discussion has gone on for Years because there is a small group of us that wish to share a cozy place for us to talk about Self Esteem and Self Care. You are always Welcome to come in and we all encourage you to do so!
  
  If you choose another discussion already listed anybody following the Group Positive Affirmations and Support will definitely see it. I believe that those not following that Group will see it though. I created a Group called Positive Affirmations for Success on the old sight and it was incorporated with a couple of other small Groups to form this new Group. As such I want to reassure anybody that they most certainly are invited to begin any new discussion in this Group! You do not need to ask permission to do this! The Group belongs to all of it's followers!
  
  Although this format says reply to Thomas or reply to Smorgy that is just the format and it goes to all followers of the Group.
  
  Bonnie I personally would be honored if you give it another chance and ask again if you have any more format questions! It would be so nice to see you there regularly!
  
  Anybody reading this can also join by going to Positive Affirmations and Support and click the follow button on the upper right hand side of the page. I created the group because I truly believe that growing Self Esteem and Self Care through Affirmations makes us more Successful Quitters!
  
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  - BonnieBee.quit.2.8.15 @ Thomas3.20.2010 on Feb 19, 2017 5:52 PM
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    Thanks Thomas I will try again ! I like the new format but in some ways it is almost too "Big "so many places to go . That is also why I think some things get few comments.
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    - Thomas3.20.2010 @ BonnieBee.quit.2.8.15 on Feb 19, 2017 5:56 PM
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      Maybe but I don't look at comments here - I look for views. If people are reading what you're putting down it isn't a waste of time! Don't lose heart, Bonnie! We'll get through this together!
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      - BonnieBee.quit.2.8.15 @ Thomas3.20.2010 on Feb 19, 2017 6:02 PM
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        Yes of coarse you are right !
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    - Mark @ BonnieBee.quit.2.8.15 on Feb 20, 2017 12:21 AM
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      Bonnie. I definitely see how the community feels bigger now with the additional posting options but we actually reduced the number of places by reducing from 600+ groups to just over 230. It proabably also feels bigger since there is more visibility to the architecture of the site. It was tough previously for me to know where I was in the community previously if I ventured outside the blogs, profiles and members list. Maybe I need a before and after diagram
      
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      - BonnieBee.quit.2.8.15 @ Mark on Feb 20, 2017 9:53 AM
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        Thank You Mark I think it feels very large to me right now because in the old Ex I never ventured much beyond the blogs I am getting used to it . I love the ease in uploading photo's and the colors are great too ! All in all it is a much improved platform and I thank all for your very hard work !!!
        
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        Mark @ BonnieBee.quit.2.8.15 on Feb 20, 2017 12:12 PM
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        Makes sense. It was amazing how you used the old community to the best of everyone's ability. You certainly you made do with what was available. Hopefully soon it will be old hat.
        
        I do love to see things are resuming that existed before like Archived: Love Yourself!.
        
        Searching is much better on this new community so searching before you start something new is a great way to join an existing conversation and be part of something "happening". The community members will find their "places" as time goes on. There will be common areas where large amounts of people gather and smaller places where smaller groups gather like Positive Affirmations and Support or Christian Quitters or Healthy Eating, Healthy Weight or Creative and Crafty Quitters Picture, Video & Quote Sharing... There are places for nearly everyone in Finding Your Group.
        
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      - Mark @ Mark on Feb 24, 2017 2:29 AM
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        And here is that diagram.
        
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Mark Feb 21, 2017 1:52 PM
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Can I move this to Community Help? It makes more sense to have it there since it is about the community itself.

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- BonnieBee.quit.2.8.15 @ Mark on Feb 21, 2017 11:36 PM
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  Yes wherever it is most helpful is fine by me and thanks for asking Mark
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Mark Mar 15, 2017 4:40 PM
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BonnieBee.quit.2.8.15 said:
I have been here for 2 years now and I rarely go to the groups that I have joined I find the format confusing .Now that we have a place to ask questions ( I like this place ! ) here goes .
First : How do you find the beginning of the days discussion quickly and easily ?
Mark: Depends if you are looking in threaded view or flat view in your preferences. Flat will give you a chronological view of comments from oldest to newest. You can then go and scroll up the page looking to see the first timestamp for today's date. If you want to go to the last read comment from your previous visit. You'll have to look more at your inbox if you are following the discussion. If you're not participating then the only way you'll see it is if you go to the last page of comments and work yourself backwards. If you're looking at threaded view, the last comment could be on any page of comments if there are multiple pages. I like chronological view sometimes if people use the "quote" feature but if they don't it can be a lot of clicking around to get context of what someone is replying to. Threaded view is a lot better for understanding the context but you may miss some comments if a person has commented on page 2 and there are 15 pages.
Second: Why does one discussion go on for years ?
Mark: Some do. Some don't.
If you choose another discussion will anyone see it ?
Mark: You mean start a new discussion? Or find a similar discussion that is more recent and hasn't gone on for years?
Will Ex'ers get aggravated if someone decises to begIn a new discussion ?
Mark: I recommend joining a discussion in progress before starting a new one. This avoids clutter and duplicate posts. It also invites people who had joined in the conversation to rejoin and continue where things left off. It creates an audience right off the bat rather than hoping someone looks and decides to respond. Posts with titles that are too vague or don't capture the topic of the content often don't get as much responses as posts that are more specific and inviting.
I was going to reply to Love Yourself and when I hit reply to original discussion it said reply to Smorgy so i just felt confused and left the group .
Mark: smorgy8513 created Archived: Love Yourself!. So if you reply to original discussion you would be replying to her. If you hit the reply button for someone else's comment then you are replying to them.
Hopefully this answered everything a little bit better.

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- BonnieBee.quit.2.8.15 @ Mark on Mar 15, 2017 9:09 PM
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  Thank you Mark
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