Trekkan
Well-known member
Glad I read this thread finally... this explains a lot. I get how it works, I don't have any confusion now. Now... please change it. =) Or at least make it an option or something.
Here's how I use my own forums (Currently vB, DB thread marking is on) and why this current method doesn't work for me.
I go to my forums and essentially cherry pick what I want to read. Let's face it, I can't possible be interested in every post of every thread of every forum I have.
After I've read what I've found interesting, I click "mark forums read". Now, I have zero unread posts. When I revisit my forums throughout the day, if that number changes, I know something is new, I go look and repeat the above process.
I like having that "Unread posts" counter at 0, it's just the way I think and it "works" for me.
Sometimes, I don't read a thread and will mark it as read. Later on, if a thread is a little more popular in it's replies, I might check it out to see what's going on (is there something that needs moderation, etc?). Currently in xF, I would end up somewhere in the middle of the post. This sucks for someone who uses the forums like I do.
Now, all that being said, I really do like being able to click the thread title and go to the first unread post, but ONLY if it's really the first unread post from my perspective (not 28 days or any other number).
Here's how I use my own forums (Currently vB, DB thread marking is on) and why this current method doesn't work for me.
I go to my forums and essentially cherry pick what I want to read. Let's face it, I can't possible be interested in every post of every thread of every forum I have.
After I've read what I've found interesting, I click "mark forums read". Now, I have zero unread posts. When I revisit my forums throughout the day, if that number changes, I know something is new, I go look and repeat the above process.
I like having that "Unread posts" counter at 0, it's just the way I think and it "works" for me.
Sometimes, I don't read a thread and will mark it as read. Later on, if a thread is a little more popular in it's replies, I might check it out to see what's going on (is there something that needs moderation, etc?). Currently in xF, I would end up somewhere in the middle of the post. This sucks for someone who uses the forums like I do.
Now, all that being said, I really do like being able to click the thread title and go to the first unread post, but ONLY if it's really the first unread post from my perspective (not 28 days or any other number).