How new forum content is displayed - a suggestion

[JSD 6]

In the past, there was an option to see the new content of the forum at once. It was easy to see which threads were new or updated. So you knew fast where to look for new content. For example, let’s say4 threads were new or updated since your last visit. Then the names of the threads were displayed like this:

 

Thread W

Thread X

Thread Y

Thread Z

 

This was very easy. Now, when you click on “All Activity”, under the same conditions, you might get a table that looks like that:

 

User A commented in thread W.

 

User B commented in W.

 

User C commented in X

 

User A commented in W.

 

Users N1-Nx joined the community.

 

User D commented in Y.

 

User B commented in Y.

 

User E commented in Y.

 

User F commented in W.

 

User D commented in Z.

 

User C commented in X.

 

User G commented in Y.

 

….

And so on.

 

 

So now you do not get an overview, but a list of mostly irrelevant details.

 

Suggestion: Restore the old option which made it possible to know easily where to find new content.

[OpenSourcerer 1359]

7 minutes ago, JSD said:

Suggestion: Restore the old option which made it possible to know easily where to find new content.

Better suggestion: Create a custom stream with these options and work through it like a social media feed, if you don't quite like the unread stream. The latter shows all unread posts in the last 365 days, newest first. If you would like to be shown all unread threads, or only new ones, sorted oldest first, etc. the custom streams are for you.

[JSD 6]

Thank you, giganerd.