How Do You Keep Up With Threads?

Elrandir

While wondering whether or not certain people had seen a new update on a thread of mine today, I thought that perhaps they don't check their "Participated Discussions" section. (something I have a tab practically dedicated to 24/7) So this is a thread to sate my own curiosity. How do YOU keep up with threads?

deltago

I just go to the forum pages and look for the new post in yellow.
I don't use Participation or bookmarks because I may miss out on a New Topic (like this one!) that I may want to comment on.

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elminster

I don't hit "participated" because it takes too long to load

Squire

I don't bother.

Troodon80

With the exception of non-English categories, every single last notification about a new topic or comment gets sent to my inbox. Then, at the end of the day, I do a backup and move all the clutter to a dated folder on my network. Typically around 500-1000 notifications per day. I'd say a bit of every option.

JuliusBorisov

http://forums.beamdog.com/discussions

Following this link, and then every single link there indeed means the forum is life

CoryNewb

If a thread title doesn't get my attention I typically don't read. If once I open it, and I don't like what I see, I don't come back.

Nimran

I have a very detailed and complex system that determines whether or not a thread is worth reading. It's called 'reading the title'. It works for me.

Elrandir

I'm not quite as active as I used to be on the forums, so I tend to stay in my nice little cubbyhole of participated discussions. (Namely my own, though there are certain threads that update frequently enough for me to read) I do occasionally venture out, however, checking (in order of frequency from most to least) Discussions, Challenges and Playthroughs, Best Of, and then anything someone tags me in.

BelgarathMTH

None of the choices fit me perfectly. I have a daily routine I follow. I look at the first page of general discussion and off-topic, and sometimes the BG:EE and BG2:EE forums. I used to look at challenges and playthroughs, but there got to be so many of them that were all so long, I kind of gave up on that for now.

For certain staples like the memes threads, I just look to see if there are yellow unread post numbers. I also keep up with any discussions that interest me by looking at the yellow numbers. If I don't have a lot of time, I just look for thread titles that look interesting, and skip ones that don't. A provocative thread title is more likely to pull me in than something that just says "comment on my new power build" or "here's the latest joke and novelty thread" in the title.

I've never felt any need to keep a record of threads I've posted in. If someone wants to engage me in a back-and-forth, they almost always tag me, and I try to always answer back if I get tagged.

I look for yellow new post numbers on threads that I start myself until they fall off the first page. After that, I forget all about them, and any other threads I've posted in or lurked in.

I guess you could call me a "casual" forum user, just like I'm a "casual" player of games.

One thing that really helps me keep up with active threads is the feature this forum has of automatically saving my place in each thread, that is, in large multi-page threads, it automatically opens to the first unread post when I click it. That is a super awesome forum feature, which I especially appreciate since I participate in a few other forums without that feature, and it is very annoying to have to scroll through a bunch of old posts starting from post one, page one, to find my place again from day to day.

OneAngryMushroom

Keep up? Surely you're joking. I just click randomly.

Nonnahswriter

Where's the "I just click on the newest posts to get rid of that annoying yellow notification number" option?

LadyRhian

@BelgarathMTH Filthy Casual! Why can't you be UBER-L33T like me? ;D

mch202

I usually follow after the threads that are marked as favorite since I'm not around so much.

I have marked the thread "All you wanted to know about the “Adventure Y” (the unofficial thread for this project)" in its beginning at 2013, but in the recent months every time I enter after an absence of couple of days/week, I get HUNDREDS of notifications! I seriously don't know whats going on with it ( maybe the weird countdown at the main page?), But if anyone wants to feel important - That's the way to go!

I gave up on that one.. :-p

elminster

@mch202 follow this one instead

http://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/40963/the-adventure-y-swords-not-words-only-facts#latest

mch202

elminster said:

@mch202 follow this one instead

http://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/40963/the-adventure-y-swords-not-words-only-facts#latest

@elminster, you are now a developer?? congrats! I really missed alot I guess..

I will follow the thread, or just wait another 1 day till the count down clock hits 0? ;-)

elminster

I do QA for Adventure Y.

wubble

elminster said:

I do QA for Adventure Y.

Do you reckon you'll do more than QA in the future or just stick with that?

elminster

I'm pretty happy with what how things are going at the moment.

CrevsDaak

If I'm interested in a particular thread, when I log on and have the time, I check it. Same if a new (or previously unnoticed) thread looks interesting. If not, I await to be summoned if needed.

JuliusBorisov

I want to share my experience of coming back here after a month or two away from forum.

A task of reading more than 10 000 comments was ahead of me when I came back. In order to go through them, I decided to go step by step.

I enter a subforum, for example, SoD, or BGEE, or General Discussion, and slowly go through all the threads there.

Believe me, it's very fun. There're real brilliants here and there, in terms of posts, jokes and stories. It's wonderful when I find one.

But it's a long process. Going through even one subforum is a long task, taking a whole week maybe. A sweet long task. Better combine it with a cup of coffee.