Oh breakdown of what's in this design:

• context (left side)
  • original poster
  • time of original post
  • some basic stats:
    • number of replies
    • number of likes on the root
    • number of backlinks to the root
  • who you'll find replying in this thread
• content preview (right right)
  • a primative sample of the root message (to job your memory). This needs work
  • the last 3 replies