Stop following an old discussion

[John Francis]

When I click on the (View Profile) link, I see every thread I've ever posted in, which is fine. But whenever anybody adds to any of these threads, no matter how old, they appear with the white background, though I've long since lost interest. How can I mark such threads so they appear with the gray background instead? That way I could focus on the threads I really do want to follow and easily skim past the others.

[c oliver]

Every time the cottage cheese one pops to the top I want to SCREAM!

[davis_sq_pro]

Yes please!!!

[Chris VR]

There have been recent announcements here that this is something the technical team is working on. It probably will increase my participation on those Not About Food threads that I really should avoid... and I'm not sure that's actually a good thing. I currently restrain myself from wading in with my 2 cents on these tipping, etiquette, and other pesky issue threads because I don't want to be plagued with them on my profile. Once that deterrent is gone, I suspect I (and others) will be more prone to post less discriminately on these train wreck threads that you know you should avoid but are drawn to.

[HillJ]

I read that too from the tech team and your point was something I had not considered if the opt out is added. Imagine how many conversations will appear incomplete and how many CH's will be left stranded with no reply because the person they thought they were talking to opted out midstream.
And now that replies are nested and closed comments has changed in the redesign layout, a third opt out option can mess with the overall flow of a thread.

ha! too much to think about.

[John Francis]

Oh, I opt out in midstream all the time - if I've nothing further to say, why say it? :-) But it's a nuisance to have to think about it all the time.

[John E.]

I ran across this thread and am posting just to tweak you a little John. We're still waiting for this feature. (I noticed this old thread at the bottom of a new thread in Site Talk).

[John Francis]

Yeah, I know. Every other online forum/discussion group I belong to has this feature, and I hope Chowhound will catch up, but they're in no hurry, if they're going to do it at all.

[John E.]

Or, there should be a way to delete a thread from your profile. I too have lost interest, or had little interest to begin with, in various threads and wish I could delete them from my profile. This is a request that has been made by many people posting here, but has yet to become available.