Is there a way to find threads without someone replying to you?

At the moment, as far as I know, the only way to track a thread is...

> Someone directly replies to you. > The thread stays popular and upvoted so it isn't instantly drowned by the next wave of threads and you can see it on the front page. > You remember the thread name and scroll dooooown to find it > You remember the thread name and search it > You never close the thread

You might notice that out of the 5 options, the 1st is at best incomplete. The other 4, I can't decide if it would be better to call them 'bad jokes' or 'clutching at straws'

I hope there is some secret way I just don't know about yet but I don't think there is, which can only make me wonder how many decades ago this forum was made. Was it 5? It was 5 wasn't it?