Agreed. If that thread goes dead some of them will jump ship. This is way better overall.
Question though.. Where do you look at the threads you’ve subbed? I might be missing it.
as far as I know, that is not an option, I could be wrong. but you can "watch" threads and get an alert whenever there is a new post. look at the top right of the thread, right above the top post. can also unwatch from there.
then under alerts, you can click show all and then on the left will see a link for watched threads to view them all if there are not any recent posts to that thread
I like watching a thread better as it is out of my way unless there is a new post