"Similar threads"

**IQAndreas** · May 8th, 2010, 02:45 PM

Was this added recently, or did I just never notice the "Similar Threads" box at the WAAAY bottom?

Anyway, it might be of more use if it is a bit further up (just so it's at least before the footer) so it's more noticeable.

I don't really use it much for day to day forum browsing, but it is quite handy when you have a specific thing you are searching for and that one thread didn't really specifically go into what you need. Then there are more similar alternatives.

**Krilnon** · May 8th, 2010, 07:16 PM

It was around a long time ago, and then removed a long time ago. However, the threads that already had 'similar threads' lists didn't have the lists removed.

**kirupa** · May 14th, 2010, 02:27 AM

Would you all want that back? I wasn't sure why it was removed originally.

**Krilnon** · May 14th, 2010, 02:27 PM

It seems useful, yeah.

**IQAndreas** · May 14th, 2010, 02:59 PM

So, how does it calculate that?

Does it look at tags, the title, or are they assigned manually?

**Krilnon** · May 15th, 2010, 12:39 AM

It's not manual. Its existence predates the tag feature, IIRC, but it probably uses the title and maybe the post body as well. Tag support might have been added at some point, too.

**kirupa** · May 15th, 2010, 03:02 AM

Enabled! Any new thread that gets created will get it

**IQAndreas** · May 15th, 2010, 03:10 PM

Nice. Do you think it would be possible to bump it up a notch, moving it to right after "Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread"? It seems a bit far down.