Distinguishing between journals and normal forum posts

[k15n1]

I often have some trouble sorting through the Recent Posts because there are so many blags/journals. I think it would be an improvement if all journal threads started with ------------- or something. Is this possible? Would it have to be voluntary, or could some administrative trick be used?

 

[Farmfresh]

Most people start their journals with their name. That is how I usually look for them. Also you could just sort using the second column titled forum. Journals are all in the Journal section.

 

[Neko-chan]

I jsut go to the journal forum and hit "mark all messages as read" if I'm not in the mood to read journals. That de-highlights them on the recent threads thing.

 

[Nifty]

We can't technically make the changes, but it is a good idea to consistently have a similar naming convention for journals, etc.

Keep ideas and suggestions coming and maybe we can agree on something and the active journalers can update their titles.

 

[dacjohns]

Wasn't the requirement for a journal that it start out with the user's name?

 

[valmom]

I sort of assume that any thread starting with the person's name is a journal entry. And if in doubt I read the middle column that says the name of the thread.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

Wasn't the requirement for a journal that it start out with the user's name?

yeah - thats what it thought. thats why most start with the usernames and then a dash then an updated title, like this:

"Username - title of that day's post"

or at least - thats what i thought??

 

[big brown horse]

Any thread with 4 digits of posts IS a journal.

 

[Henrietta23]

Yup, mine retains the title "Hen23S Journal" with a quick subtitle added for current subject matter.

 

[Kala]

oops! guess i need to change mine! didn't even think about starting it with my name.