I can't stand threaded message boards. They are always very confusing to read, and they never have a natural conversational flow to them.
If you do wish to respond directly to a post which appeared earlier on in the thread, then use the quote. If the discusiion gets sidetracked...who cares!? All normal conversation goes like this...one point leads on to another. If worse comes to worst you can always start a new thread.
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