what does it mean when an OP gets a 'milestone' added? nt

[Fresh_Start]

nt

[Rex]

1. That they arrived at some place after a long period of time or have a lot of posts to reach a

milestone? What do you mean by added?

[Fresh_Start]

3. In the list of discussions..some discussions have (Milestone) and others do not, see below example

General Discussion
We Need to Stop Treating Naturopaths Like They’re Medical Doctors
By cleanhippie - 125 replies @ 9:59 AM (Milestone)

[Rex]

7. Wow I've never noticed that before.

Thanks always like learning something new.

[Fresh_Start]

8. the two other responses explain

I also have been here for years and never knew what it meant

[Buzz Clik]

2. Multiples of 25 responses.

[Fresh_Start]

4. Thank you...

I've seen it for years and always wondered.

[rurallib]

5. a post reaches a certain number of replies (a milestone) and gets kicked

back to the top of the 'latest threads' page. Milestones are at increments of 25 replies (eg -25,50,75,100.....)

[Fresh_Start]

6. thank you for explaining

I've been wondering for along time

[rurallib]

9. This was an new feature when DU went to its current format

a couple of years ago. That way hot threads got more exposure.

[2naSalit]

10. And

at the top of the page - Latest Threads for example - you can also set at what # of posts you want as "milestones". The default is 25.

[Cirque du So-What]

11. There should be a 'millstone' tag as well

for a thread which turns out so badly that it becomes a millstone around the author's neck.

[Scootaloo]

12. Naw, a small but highly vocal clatch of posters would put on a long-suffering martyr act

until the feature was removed. Sort of like the unrec feature. Or the alert feature.