I understand that it gets “cluttered” when OpenAI either walks back on a promise or makes a descision that ends up costing their customers more than they can afford.
That said, Im getting truly frustrated with how the moving of posts is currently handled.
I just got one of my replies moved to a mega thread again, and what do I see? Me—responding to whatever is the first post of the mega thread, and not at all the post I actually replied to. How am I supposed to feel about that? Am I supposed to just go, “oh well”?
All the time, thought, maybe even restraint put into a person’s post suddenly risks sounding incoherent or even look foolish when context is stripped. It also breaks up any kind of union. Plus, finding a specific conversation is not only hard to find, but it’s impossible, since all the conversations were broken up.
If you want a mega thread to read less like this:
“Just a shared thread for those who won’t shut up about a particular issue that we feel doesn’t deserve to be viewed independently or within contex if it means clutter for us moderators”.
Or:
“A huge thread with replies that doesn’t seem to make sense a lot of the time.”
Do it properly. Show the original title for each original thread, group the messages belonging to it, arrange them in original order. Add a “next thread in this topic” button. Think “chapters”, not “dump”.
Also make it clear the thread was merged by moderators. It puts the responsibility of a post now looking incoherent or confused back on you guys.
You are rewriting history and erasing context for the sake of efficiency. Please start handling it with more care.