Bookmarking Threads

In the past three days, I have run across several threads that I would like to save for future reference because they are so chock full of wholesome Linuxy knowledge.

I prefer not to add more links to my browser favorites, since I have almost a thousand already (almost 100 in the Linux folder) already, so I've stored them into a text file I'm building as a personal reference, but it occurred to me that, it would be nice to be able to store them in my LQ profile as "Favorite Threads" or something like that.

You can subscribe to threads and then manage your thread subscriptions in your LQ profile. Have you tried that to see if it does what you want?

Like this:

Originally Posted by gilead You can subscribe to threads and then manage your thread subscriptions in your LQ profile. Have you tried that to see if it does what you want?

I have lots of subscribed threads (232 at this moment). I normally clear out anything that hasn't had a new post in at least a month.

I was thinking of something more selective where, when I look at it, I would know it was stuff I wanted to come back to for reference, as opposed to know it was a something I looked out once out of curiosity--something where I would have to make a positive effort to add to it. Perhaps it could be limited to a maximum of five or 10.

I was also thinking that it could be publicly browsable in the profile, so that, when someone wondered, "What threads does [username] find particularly informative?" he or she could find out.

It was a Stray Thought.

Maybe put something like a "threads with most activity/most recent activity" function to the suscribed threads feature.

Look at Anisha's .jpg, it shows your ability to create & manage folders for your subscribed threads.

It seems to me that you could:

1. Goto Edit Folders.
2. Create a $FAVORITES folder. (That's a bash variable -- pick your own name. )
3. Move all favorite subscribed threads into it.
4. Do what you will to the rest.
5. Repeat 3 & 4 as necessary.

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FWIW, I never clean out my subscribed threads, I like to know when one gets resurrected. I also rarely unsubscribe from one either. But, de gustibus .... YMWV
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We used to have a social bookmarking tool here at LQ for this, but it simply wasn't used and has been removed. Subscription folders should get what you're looking for accomplished though.

--jeremy