Is the vB4 thread structure broken

[tommythejoat]

The two methods to reply in a thread are to reply to the post you are viewing using the reply link in the bottom border or to reply to the thread.

The reply to specific post works correctly and puts that postid in the parent postid for the new post. However, when you are replying to the thread, the parent postid is the latest post in the thread when it should be the first post in the thread.

The problem is readily visible when using hybrid or threaded view.

I would like for the parent postid to be 0 just as it is for the starting post in the thread. That gives a distinctive display for hybrid and threaded views.

We have a mod installed that appends a link in the title of the posters name linking to the parent postid. If the parent postid were 0 for reply to thread, the link would be suppressed and it would work the way we want it to.

The reference functions to prevent misunderstandings when someone thinks a reply is to their post instead of to a previous post in the thread or the thread as a whole.