I too have found it useful in the past. I'm sure that blocking could be useful in the future as well. As far as thread starters, I also wondered about going to "first unread post" rather than paging through or clicking on the last page link.

To make clickable links in your post, here's how the Linking Feature works: 1. In your reply window , type the title you wish to be seen by others (example: "Cara and Mia Video") 2. Go to the address line of the page you wish to link to, select the address and copy it into your buffer ...