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Hi Beer Brothers. I love this new cool state of the art brew forum, but I'm lost here sometimes. I don't know where to go.
Lou do you agree? It's almost like this site is too good. Did Obama ever think of asking you for help? :lol:
I would like to see it reduced. Cheers! Steve "BLM"
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I always just click on "view new posts" and go from there. That way I don't have to concern myself with what category they are in.
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Gymrat wrote:I always just click on "view new posts" and go from there. That way I don't have to concern myself with what category they are in.
+1 Same here...

Except there is some sort of timer that expires them as new or somethng...

Sometimes I'll check them (view new posts) and there will be a lot of them and a few minutes later I look again (having not read or clicked on most of them) and there will be like none, or one, or three...

Then I have to go look via category to find the ones I haven't read yet...

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I use View Unread Posts.
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i view active posts if the new post tab comes up with nothin
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I visit all the categories and look to see if anything looks interesting or new. Then I scroll down until the dates of the last postings have dust on them.
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Great ideas boys! I'm going with the "View New Posts" feature to see what's up. We definitely have all bases covered on this site. :D
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BigPapaG wrote:
Gymrat wrote:I always just click on "view new posts" and go from there. That way I don't have to concern myself with what category they are in.
+1 Same here...

Except there is some sort of timer that expires them as new or somethng...

Sometimes I'll check them (view new posts) and there will be a lot of them and a few minutes later I look again (having not read or clicked on most of them) and there will be like none, or one, or three...

Then I have to go look via category to find the ones I haven't read yet...

:cool:
Try "view active topics" it is the same thing but nothing seems to expire.
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I go with "view unread posts". Gives me everything I haven't read, and they don't expire.
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gwcr wrote:I go with "view unread posts". Gives me everything I haven't read, and they don't expire.
Ditto!
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I hit "View Your Posts" and see where I've been and if any replies were posted to my posts.

Other than that I browse kinda like The Hat.
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I check all categories that turn red meaning new post(s). Figure if anybody replies to any of mine I'll run up on it that way.
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Compared to many forums, the "rooms" are quite minimal and spot on. I tend to concentrate on the rooms that interest me and skim the rest for interesting topics.

BTW Nice new hat (on the avatar) Dave!
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