It would be great to have the ability to flag an update that would then show up in my Home page. These aren't necessarily items that need to be converted to a task, but just items that need my attention. Sometimes I read an update and then move on to something else, but need the information for a la...

I am just a fellow user agreeing with your Idea! I think you need to have 30 -40 upvotes for it be put into consideration.

Thank you for posting this! It's frustrating to have an active thread that is 3/4 down the page because it was started a week ago. All recent comments should keep that thread at the top. I would say that bumping updates (at the task or overall project level) needs to be a priority.