I thought I just read an old post about tussionex

[Yoda99]

I thought I just read an old post (from 2000) about Withdrawal from Tussionex and Dee73 posted to that old post today, 7/11/07.  Where did it go?  I swear I'm losing my mind.  This new format has really confused me, but I thought I was getting used to it.  But when I start reading a post and then realize it's over 5 years old, it throws me.  Fladdict, what do you think?  Wouldn't Dee73 have a better chance of getting responses if she just just posted a new question?
Confused Yoda

[DutchessGolden]

Did someone have a question about tussionex? I've been on it for about 8 years now. There is an old post from 2000 about tussi. you're not losing your mind Yoda!

xoxo- D.

[manonfire]

Where have you been girl? Maybe if I post to u here, you will log on to gmail...sorry to but in to your post...

Manonfire

[Yoda99]

Thank you so much for responding.  Maybe MedHelp deleted the post.  I was beginning to think I had "imagined" reading that post.  Thanks and I agree with your comments.
Yoda

[FUTAC]

Here's the e-mail-thing (web-mail?) I just sent to MedHelp on this topic:

Hello:
(If Customer Service is the wrong dept., could you please forward)

The thread at http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/43131 is an example of what results from leaving old threads open to new comments.  Here, a 7 year old thread is resurrected because Dee73 had a comment about Tussionex.  Now Dee's comment and her request for comment is fine. But I have to wonder, why should her short comment in 2007 be allowed to bring to the surface 25 posts from 2000 that were made by folks that haven't been to the Forum in years?

Perhaps there's a good reason. Perhaps this is the result you wanted.  Personally, I think it's quite distracting and not conducive to a functional forum.

I'm far less bothered by, but still not crazy about, the new-comments-pop-to-the-top feature.  It makes it hard to keep track of things and it has a tendency to bring back-burner issues to the front.  Maybe if all threads were auto-closed to new comments 24 or 36 hours after the last comment was made.  That way, threads of common interest could keep rising to the top as long as interest was maintained or renewed within the time period.  However, "dead" topics wouldn't be allowed to rise from the grave and march like zombies to the front of the line.

Just my thoughts...........