How do you deal with the daily mass of new posts? oO

[StripedCat]

The daily mass of new posts is what makes me feel overcrowded regularly (and is one reason for giving up OTz several times). I come on and BOOOOOOOOM! :willy_nilly:- I feel like smashed to the ground by so many new posts, and I never know where to look first and how to divide out my attention to somehow do justice to at least the users I like.

I've decided to give it another try, but would really like to know how you deal with it.

 

[Zorak]

70% of new posts are word games or people posting more pictures of themselves. If you can see past these, there really isn't very much actually being posted. I doubt you'd feel quite so inundated.

 

[Kakapo Dundee]

It's easy. Subscribe to the threads that interest you, and let the rest go by. I have learned that the forum will not fall apart if I don't read everything.

 

[dancingpotato]

If a title catches my eye, I'll read it. If not I leave it. If I then see that anything keeps getting bumped to the top from people replying, I'll take a nosey.

 

[Kakapo Dundee]

bump

 

[StripedCat]

@Zorak: Okay, that's right. I guess, I need to get rid of that feeling that I have to participate every game. :lol:

@Kakapoo Dundee: ...somehow I automatically subscribe to threads I've ever took part in. oO ...certainly, there is a way to configure it. I'll have a look at it. That should be very helpful then.

@dancingpotato: ...okay, even though I looked up several words, I don't get the meaning of the last sentence. :ninja: However, I think I got the point. ^^

 

[Springsteen]

I only tend to look at threads that interest me, or threads where I've been alerted to go in (reported posts), but I don't just go into any thread.

 

[dancingpotato]

@Zorak: Okay, that's right. I guess, I need to get rid of that feeling that I have to participate every game. :lol:

@Kakapoo Dundee: ...somehow I automatically subscribe to threads I've ever took part in. oO ...certainly, there is a way to configure it. I'll have a look at it. That should be very helpful then.

@dancingpotato: ...okay, even though I looked up several words, I don't get the meaning of the last sentence. :ninja: However, I think I got the point. ^^

If a post keeps coming up top of the list due to people replying, I will go look in it.

 

[Natasha]

I'm bad about not checking new threads and just constantly checking the threads I'm subscribed to by using the "Settings" option. Once I run out of subscribed threads to read, I'll start looking at new posts. The forum has been fairly slow lately, though, so it's not as big a task as it has been previously.

One thing you CAN do is use the "Mark forum as read" option. If you glance over a particular area of the forum and don't see any new threads that peak your interest, click "Forum Tools" and then "Mark this forum as read" and it will take them off your list of new posts.

 

[StripedCat]

If a post keeps coming up top of the list due to people replying, I will go look in it.

Bazinga! I got it. Thanks for the explanation. ^^ (Unfortunately, some phrases are difficult to find in dictionaries.)

 

[StripedCat]

One thing you CAN do is use the "Mark forum as read" option. If you glance over a particular area of the forum and don't see any new threads that peak your interest, click "Forum Tools" and then "Mark this forum as read" and it will take them off your list of new posts.

I've totally forgotten that option. :ninja Thanks for reminding.

 

[Kakapo Dundee]

May the Force be with you!

 

[HK]

I go through certain sections that I know I don't really care about, like politics or humour, and mark them as read straight away. The chances of there being something I want to read about in there are slim, so I do all of those, then go to new posts and see what's left


It filters out all the stuff you're less likely to be interested in.

 

[AUFred]

I scan and click those that interest me.

 

[hart]

Doesn't seem like that many to me? :tooth But I'm not into all of them

 

[StripedCat]

Thanks folks. ^^ I've already used some of your advice..uhm..some of your advices? Is there a plural for advice? :ninja

However: thanks. ^^

 

[porterjack]

Is there a plural for advice? :ninja

However: thanks. ^^

I use Advox, incorrectly but I could care less

 

[Minderella]

I just read the threads I'm participating in, and anything else that catches my eye.