From 06235a3aa36af671f956084d0f2c24ac9461f4e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Judson Rosen <rozzin@geekspace.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 22:39:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Consistently root autostitched conversations at the oldest
 notice.

---
 classes/Notice.php | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/classes/Notice.php b/classes/Notice.php
index 9328a76bb8..ed3104de2b 100644
--- a/classes/Notice.php
+++ b/classes/Notice.php
@@ -1271,10 +1271,16 @@ class Notice extends Managed_DataObject
         }
 
         // If this isn't a reply to anything, then it's its own
-        // root.
+        // root if it's the earliest notice in the conversation:
 
         if (empty($this->reply_to)) {
-            return $this;
+            $root = new Notice;
+            $root->conversation = $this->conversation;
+            $root->orderBy('notice.created ASC');
+            $root->find();
+            $root->fetch();
+            $root->free();
+            return $root;
         }
         
         if (is_null($profile)) {