The option for the old behavior is the same option that was already there. You can put the "Re:"s back in by hand. q-:

Are you upset or are you asking more of a rhetorical question? I'd hope the level of outrage is low enough that the effort to support multiple options isn't required and we can have consistency. Part of the point of the patch was that several people were getting tired of the wide variations.

As for my personal preference, I'd prefer to be able to have a clue what a node is in reference to when I see the title out of context of viewing the thread that it is in. So I'd prefer you retitle replies to still start "Re" and to preserve some part of the original title (or some other representation of what the thread is about), not just summarize your particular contribution to the thread.

Your current retitling style makes sense when viewed in a thread, but makes no sense (IMO) outside of the thread.

- tye        

In reply to Re: Collapsing "Re"s in titles (If you can predict the future, code for it :) by tye
in thread Collapsing Re:'s in Titles. by demerphq

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