Last Post

[momdadsstash]

It would be more helpful, I think, to be able to click on  "last post" and go to the last post, not have it just refer to WHO posted it.

[pburn]

I can't quite visualize what you're explaining. Could you post some screenshots? Or maybe a rundown of the steps you're using? Where are you clicking on "last post?" Are you on a board title page? In a thread? Is there a dropdown you're using? 

Are you accessing the Community through the desktop version or a mobile app?

Sorry--just need a little more info.

[momdadsstash]

Here's an example

Feedback

How do you guys/gals handle receiving and giving out feedback after a selling transaction? I use to give out feedback to the buyer right away but would never receive any positive feedback back. I'd send out messages after 30 days to remind buyer but ...

05-16-2022 07:07 AM

 Posted in Selling

 

Latest reply by gosimus on 05-16-2022 07:25 AM

[momdadsstash]

That , except on the page itself, that last "Message 3 of 3 Latest reply"

doesn't show up.....That just appeared here when I pasted.

[pburn]

@momdadsstash 

I still don't know where you pulled that. Are you on the board title page? Or are you in a thread?

Are you on the desktop platform or on the mobile app?

[momdadsstash]

I run into that when reading posts in threads  on the  Selling / Buying/ Shipping/etc forums

I'm on a laptop.

[pburn]

@momdadsstash 

But on what page are you seeing it? Are you seeing it on the main page of a board? Or inside a thread you've opened?

Sorry--maybe I'm not asking my question correctly. Maybe if you could provide a link to a page where you're seeing this?

[momdadsstash]

OK...slight ccorrection...when on the Selling forum, for instance, scrolling down to read the topic headings. That's when it shows up.

Clicking on the  "Last reply by So & So'   brings up their board stats...not the last reply in that particular posting.

Selling - The eBay Community .....and scroll down through

[a_c_green]

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@pburn wrote:

@momdadsstash 

But on what page are you seeing it? Are you seeing it on the main page of a board? Or inside a thread you've opened?

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I assume we're talking about the list of topics on the main page of (in this case) the Share Community Platform Feedback group, or whichever other group you might be reading. There's a note below each topic reading "Latest reply by [posting ID here]." The posting ID itself is a hyperlink to that poster's home page in the Community. The words "Latest reply" could similarly be encoded as a hyperlink to jump you to that person's reply under that topic, the latest post in that thread. (That "Latest reply" link is already at the bottom of every post in the thread. It could be added to the Topic page in the same manner.)

[momdadsstash]

Thank you. You stated it more clearly than I did.

[pburn]

Okay. Got it. Thanks for the translation, @a_c_green.

@momdadsstash 

In theory, re-entering a thread you've already read should take you to your "last read post." Is that working for you?

In other words:

• You open a thread you haven't read before. It should take you to the OP's first post.
• You go to lunch with a couple of friends or your beloved family members.
• You come back and see that there have been more posts in that thread.
• You open the thread again, and you should be taken to the last post you read before lunch.

Is that happening?

I do understand now what you're looking for, but I'm not sure I'd want to go to the very last post in the thread and skip over all the replies that were posted in between reading it before lunch and whatever was posted as the very last comment.

Did you have a specific intent for wanting to see the very last post and not the others you may have missed?

[momdadsstash]

In theory, re-entering a thread you've already read should take you to your "last read post." Is that working for you?

I was about to answer...sometimes, not always, but I just realized part of my problem and it's more of a unique one. So, with apologies for the time you've spent I'll explain some of it.

I switch between two different laptops throughout the day and even though I'm signed in to both, things don't always work perfectly in regards to skipping ahead to my  last read (although it always works on another board I frequent).

However, I still see nothing useful in having the last post refer to whoever wrote it. It should just go to the last post.

Thanks, again.

[pburn]

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@momdadsstash wrote:

In theory, re-entering a thread you've already read should take you to your "last read post." Is that working for you?

I was about to answer...sometimes, not always, but I just realized part of my problem and it's more of a unique one. So, with apologies for the time you've spent I'll explain some of it.

I switch between two different laptops throughout the day and even though I'm signed in to both, things don't always work perfectly in regards to skipping ahead to my  last read (although it always works on another board I frequent).

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That may be part of the issue; however, the "go to last read post" does not seem to be working for me at all. No surprise there. The Community has been full of programming glitches for the past year or so.

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@momdadsstash wrote:

However, I still see nothing useful in having the last post refer to whoever wrote it. It should just go to the last post.

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I certainly do not disagree with that statement. I think have the words "last reply" being a hyperlink to the last reply makes a lot of sense, if one chooses to use it that way. 

[a_c_green]

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@pburn wrote:
I certainly do not disagree with that statement. I think have the words "last reply" being a hyperlink to the last reply makes a lot of sense, if one chooses to use it that way. 

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Yeah... as it stands right now, you can do it as a two-click process: hit the thread title to go in, then hit the "Latest reply >" link at the bottom of whatever you land on.

I know two clicks vs. one doesn't sound like a huge difference, but when the phrase ("Latest reply by [whomever]") is already sitting in plain sight in the topic listings but unused as a seemingly obvious hyperlink, you have to wonder, "Why not make it a link to that reply and be done with it?" 

[momdadsstash]

As long as I'm on the subject of the forums, another thing I don't get.

On "longer" threads, quite often, when say, Page 3, becomes available, it turns out that it's the last page and all that's there is a repeat of the OPs  original post.