In the "greateshiznits..." section, there is a locked sticky about "if you cant see old threads..."
I just figured it might be beneficial for newbies to add to that the fact that one can go into the user CP and edit their options to change/turn off that option permanently for all threads/forums.
i know that this post is a little old but Im glad you threw that out there....all that clicking to read stuff posted before was getting tiresome