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IMHO: Replies to replies should probably have Re: prepended to them. It would be clearer to give the Original replies a different title, but this would make scanning the newest nodes confusing. I think the way things stand at the minute the Re:Re:'s are necessary to avoid a 'flat' discussion which would not always make sense.
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RE: RE: how many levels of 'RE:' do we need :-)
by misty (Hermit) on May 17, 2000 at 21:51 UTC
    as someone somewhere already suggested, Re(3): or similar would look much better than Re:Re:Re:
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      Or you could do a RE(username): subject where the user name is the author of the comment you are replying to.
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        Your idea has my vote. I like Re(BigJoe): Subject or combining the two, you can do Re(BigJoe,3): Subject
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