Personally, I like reading the congratulatory posts. It's a great way to recognize new members as they begin to get more and more involved in the board. And it doesn't bother me at all to see a bunch of new messages waiting when I log in.
However, there is one thing about the "new posts" button that annoys me.
Sometimes I've come on here and seen a bunch of new posts but then I get called away from the computer for some reason (phone call, someone at the door, bathroom break, etc) and if I'm away too long when I finish reading the current post and then click on "new posts" again there's nothing there. It's like my long inactivity has logged me out resetting the "new posts since last login" counter. And the search feature doesn't let you just see everything from a certain point in time on, you have to include some kind of search text.
Okay, enough grousing. I really love this board and love to contribute. I guess I do get carried away a little and that's why my post count is rising quickly. But I enjoy reading just about everything on here.
Originally Posted by GlassMan
I just keep going back in "history" 'til I've gone through what I want to read, then I hit "New Posts" again. ...but there's no telling how many I miss by doing it that way.
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