If you’re watching the thread, you get a blue circle when there are new posts and clicking the thread brings you to the first unread thread
How time consuming is this? A new post on the thread brings it up to the top. The death of Kris Kristofferson was posted on the consolidated thread at 645 pm ET. A standalone KK Died thread, since deleted, was started 39 minutes later.
IIRC, having a consolidated thread was at the request of users.
While all passings are sad, most of these deaths get about 10 comments before fading. I’m sure the mods will use their discretion if a major figure dies