Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
The option to opt in, or out, of some sub forums.
Some Forums offer the ability to opt in and out of certain sections of the site, thus removing or retaining them in an individual user's own view. This stops their "New Posts" section being cluttered up with stuff that that user knows will be of no interest to them.
For instance, English speaking users might not wish to receive notifications on threads in Spanish, French or Dutch; D3 and D4 drivers might not want to be frequently notified of updates on discussions on alternative cars that might be more appropriate being discussed on their own specialist sites.
I've seen this work well elsewhere before, perhaps it could work well here too?
11th Jan 2017 9:05 pm
Apache
Member Since: 16 Oct 2011
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 692
Just don't click on them?
I think its a bit like 'Points of View', if you find something on the TV distasteful then turn it off. Don't bloody watch it, then spend time contacting the BBC to complain about it!
11th Jan 2017 9:08 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73081
Would be nice if D5 stuff is shunted to its own forum.
Just saying!!
11th Jan 2017 9:09 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Apache wrote:
Just don't click on them?
That's not the point. This would provide the option for each user to get feeds on only the information that they want. Why have to filter through it every time you open the site, when each user would then only have to do it once?
This option is now pretty common across a lot of digital media.
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11th Jan 2017 9:16 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50978
Just go to your profile page and use the section with this command
Quote:
Hide these forums in the 'New Posts' list:
Ctrl+Click (or Command+Click) to select multiple forums.
and select in the scrolling list21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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11th Jan 2017 9:18 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
This and other forums I use, click on new posts, read what catches your eye and ignore the rest, quick simple and works well.
11th Jan 2017 9:19 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
DG wrote:
Just go to your profile page and use the section with this command
Quote:
Hide these forums in the 'New Posts' list:
Ctrl+Click (or Command+Click) to select multiple forums.
and select in the scrolling list
Thank you DG, that's exactly what I wanted
Problem solved
11th Jan 2017 9:24 pm
Martin Site Admin and Owner
Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 18561
Been a feature here for years!!06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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11th Jan 2017 11:20 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
I just hadn't found it before (I'd been looking in the wrong place all along ). It's certainly taken a lot of irrelevant (to me) background noise out of my "New posts" search!
Looking at some of the replies that I'd previously had, it would seem that quite a few people might not have been aware of it either.
12th Jan 2017 7:00 am
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
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Posts: 17932
Adding users to a personalised 'ignore' list is another useful feature available on other fora.
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12th Jan 2017 8:39 am
Peakwayfarer
Member Since: 25 Apr 2016
Location: Uk
Posts: 434
Brilliant, thanks for the info it makes it a lot more user friendly, wish I had known about this feature before
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). It's certainly taken a lot of irrelevant (to me) background noise out of my "New posts" search! 
