Author Topic: PLEASE STOP POSTING (Read 19,406 times)

tinjaw · « **on:** November 06, 2007, 01:32 AM »

I already have two pages of threads to catch up on and you folks are replying and posting at a 2:1 ratio. My list is growing. Stop It! Let me catch up gosh darn it.

scancode · « **Reply #1 on:** November 06, 2007, 01:39 AM »

Just to nag you up.

Josh · « **Reply #2 on:** November 06, 2007, 01:45 AM »

I think part of why tinjaw cant catch up is that he is posting on IRC. Here is the latest quote

Quote

[08:40pm] <tinjaw> deo, there are several ways
[08:41pm] <tinjaw> deo, let me get it up and running
[08:41pm] <dcDeozaan> ok
[08:41pm] <tinjaw> first way
[08:42pm] <tinjaw> when you have TGB running
[08:42pm] <scancode> Shamurai, ok

As you can see, its entirely his fault for posting nonsense ;-)

app103 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 06, 2007, 01:55 AM »

2 pages? only 2 pages??

I am 89 pages behind and I keep telling myself that some day I will catch up.

Deozaan · « **Reply #4 on:** November 06, 2007, 02:00 AM »

2 pages? I used to keep up every day, but then I took a break for about a month or so... back in March or so. Now I'm at 43 pages of unread messages.

I just check the first page of unread messages every now and then and wait for the monthly newsletter to find topics I missed.

Renegade · « **Reply #5 on:** November 06, 2007, 02:00 AM »

The solution is easy - stop reading them all. Seriously. I can't keep up in any of the forums I participte in, so I don't even try. I only read a few threads with titles that are interesting.

There's just no way to keep up - so why even try?

jgpaiva · « **Reply #6 on:** November 06, 2007, 02:25 AM »

Actually, it'd be interesting to know how many of us read every post (or at least have the number of unread posts always at zero).
I check every new post, not only to see if something interests me, but also to check for spam. (no, i don't really read every one of them, there are several threads that i just ignore the content and check for spam). So, i usually keep up with the forum.

lanux128 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 06, 2007, 02:25 AM »

huh? $:-\$ trying to keep-up with a forum is equivalent to this:

Darwin · « **Reply #8 on:** November 06, 2007, 02:38 AM »

I have 131 pages of unread posts! You're doing really well with only 89, tinjaw (if you even get around to reading this one, that is

).

lanux128 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 06, 2007, 02:47 AM »

are we talking about this link at the top? here's screenshot of my unread posts.. obviously checking every 5 minutes does help to keep down the pages..

[attach=#]
• Show unread posts

if that's not enough, there's always Wordzilla's DC Forum Post Notifier Lite to keep you updated..

DC Forum Post Notifier Lite

f0dder · « **Reply #10 on:** November 06, 2007, 02:11 PM »

I'm using just "since last visit", not all unread - counting on interesting threads having new posts since last visit

Darwin · « **Reply #11 on:** November 06, 2007, 02:15 PM »

Ah - I missed that link. Good find f0dder - makes me feel better. There are only 7 threads on a single page now (versus the 131 pages of unread posts, which presumably go back to March 15, 2005!).

EDIT: Nope. Goes back to your join date, so July 7, 2005 in my case.

Lashiec · « **Reply #12 on:** November 06, 2007, 06:33 PM »

I hit that little button that reads "Mark all messages as read" once I finished checking up the threads that are of my interest. Once upon a time I had tons of pages containing unread threads, but one good day I hit the global button and... magic! Now everything is brand new

At least you guys name your threads with meaningful names, that makes the reviewing task far easier. Now, let's keep up with the high speed posting to annoy tinjaw even more

cranioscopical · « **Reply #13 on:** November 06, 2007, 06:45 PM »

Quote from: tinjaw on November 06, 2007, 01:32 AM

I already have two pages of threads to catch up on...

There's an easy way to keep up that I adopted about a decade ago.
See below for anyone interested.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Retirement

Curt · « **Reply #14 on:** November 06, 2007, 10:30 PM »

"Unread Topics" is listing 25 threads I am supposed not to have read, but I know for sure that I have read 5 of them. It seems not to be too accurate. Of course there are hundreds or thousands of topics I haven't read. Anyway, I have never before used this feature, and I don't think I will again.

lanux128 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 07, 2007, 12:21 AM »

Quote from: Curt on November 06, 2007, 10:30 PM

"Unread Topics" is listing 25 threads I am supposed not to have read, but I know for sure that I have read 5 of them. It seems not to be too accurate.

maybe your cookies are disabled or some programs like web-washer is running in the background.. $:-\$

Curt · « **Reply #16 on:** November 07, 2007, 03:07 PM »

- on the contrary: I am keeping all cookies and whathaveyougot. But it was not until long after I had posted that I noticed, that all the topics were from "today" only.

tinjaw · « **Reply #17 on:** November 07, 2007, 03:13 PM »

Just to state the obvious, Unread Posts includes threads you have read previously, but that have new postings in them.

tinjaw · « **Reply #18 on:** November 07, 2007, 03:15 PM »

Quote from: jgpaiva on November 06, 2007, 02:25 AM

Actually, it'd be interesting to know how many of us read every post (or at least have the number of unread posts always at zero).

I don't read every post. I read the subject headings and if it sounds interesting I read it. If not, I mark it as read and move on.

Deozaan · « **Reply #19 on:** November 07, 2007, 08:58 PM »

Quote from: Curt on November 06, 2007, 10:30 PM

"Unread Topics" is listing 25 threads I am supposed not to have read, but I know for sure that I have read 5 of them. It seems not to be too accurate. Of course there are hundreds or thousands of topics I haven't read. Anyway, I have never before used this feature, and I don't think I will again.

Occasionally when I log in from another computer it resets my list of unread topics. That hasn't happened in quite some time though. Probably about a year since that last happened.