As you scroll through the threads you will see the last responders name in blue on the rhs - with date and time
@merfar2107,
In spite of every helpful suggestion, to the best of my knowledge the ability to sort threads on the basis of most recent answer is gone. Gone, gone, gone.
I agree with padi that this has one particular benefit... in that very old, irrelevant threads will not appear at the top of your list in a particular board. Those old threads can no longer be bumped.
However, let's say that an eBay member comes to these forums looking for help. They start typing their question in the "search for content" image. Up comes a thread that seems quite relevant. They post in it. They wait for an answer. But there will never come an answer because no one knows that the eBayer has posted upon it!
Result: eBay member will think that they are being ignored, or there's no one here to answer, and the roll-on effect is that fewer people will post.
Perhaps that is eBay's intention. Or perhaps eBay truly thinks that this is a wonderful design and that the functionality is fine.
Further to my original reply, if you click on the bell at the top of the page it seems that the notifications only apply to threads that you've previously replied to. However, it you are subscribed to a board, email notifications will show all new content. Below is a post that I didn't respond to but I still received an email for it but there was no notification under the bell.
