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Topic: How do you browse CEMB?

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How do you browse CEMB?
OP - December 16, 2010, 10:01 PM

I always look at the "Recent Posts" on the left side menu and see if a thread catches my eye and looks intresting. I also sometimes go to "Show my recent posts" under my avatar on the top left side of the page.

So tell us how browse the forum?

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #1 - December 16, 2010, 10:06 PM

I've got the same algorithm going here too.
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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #2 - December 16, 2010, 10:08 PM

* Show unread posts
* Replies to my posts
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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #3 - December 16, 2010, 10:09 PM

I click on 'Show unread posts'.

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #4 - December 16, 2010, 10:10 PM

I also look at the 'recent posts'

sometimes I scan the 'religion' and 'science' sections, but not too often.
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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #5 - December 16, 2010, 10:14 PM

I like the "recent posts" more because usually the posters are still online, so it's almost like a chat.

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #6 - December 16, 2010, 10:23 PM

Show unread posts.

Back when I was a CEMB noob, I used to manually go through each sub-forum, lol.

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #7 - December 16, 2010, 10:26 PM

Right after logging in, I click on "show unread posts" first, and scan through all the thread titles and click on any that catches my eyes.

Once I'm here for a while, I check on the left side pane for active threads.

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #8 - December 16, 2010, 10:30 PM

Show unread posts

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #9 - December 16, 2010, 10:30 PM

My standard procedure is login > check staff boards (the indicators on the board index will let me if there's anything new in them) > check the QPS board (ditto) > check replies to my posts > then either go to unread posts or just pick stuff out of the recent posts column at the left, depending on my mood.

When I'm in the middle of a session it's a combination of the recent posts column and the unread posts function. As RIBS noted, the recent posts is handy for fast-moving conversations.

Oh yeah, and of course I check my PM's for pissy messages from Eph so I can send her rude responses.

ETA: Oh and the unread posts and the unread replies functions totally rock IMO. Every forum app should have them (but they don't). I find phpBB forums a nuisance to use largely because they lack these functions. vB can do unread posts if you install a mod (which you have to pay for, on top of paying for the vB license. Meh).

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #10 - December 16, 2010, 10:37 PM

Show unread posts.

I search the archives a lot too. Nothing creepy or stalkerish yet, I just query topics and keywords of interest that may have already been discussed.

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #11 - December 16, 2010, 10:38 PM

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Oh yeah, and of course I check my PM's for pissy messages from Eph so I can send her rude responses. dance

If that's what you call rude, you'd better try practicing some more. You're getting soft.

how i browse: i click some thread that catches my eye and skim through it, replying only if i see my name. Usually i double check each page by doing a quick search for any mentions of myself (ctrl-f)

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #12 - December 16, 2010, 10:41 PM

"The greatest general is not the one who can take the most cities or spill the most blood. The greatest general is the one who can take Heaven and Earth without waging the battle." ~ Sun Tzu
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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #13 - December 16, 2010, 10:41 PM

Ephy

Quote from: arX on December 16, 2010, 10:37 PM
Show unread posts.

I search the archives a lot too. Nothing creepy or stalkerish yet, I just query topics and keywords of interest that may have already been discussed.

I love stalking people.

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #14 - December 16, 2010, 10:47 PM

Recent Posts bar
Show replies to my posts
Recent Posts bar

Tentative to Show all unread posts since last visit - too many, not good, failed attempt
Recent Posts bar

Okay, forum index -> continue reading Ringside seats and One to one matches, Religion and God, ... others.
Recent Posts bar. (yes, I'm addicted to that one, on any forum which has it)

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #15 - December 16, 2010, 10:48 PM

*Unread since last visit
*New replies to your posts

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #16 - December 16, 2010, 10:55 PM

I just click on the Recent Posts links on the left.

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #17 - December 16, 2010, 10:57 PM

What everyone said

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #18 - December 16, 2010, 11:42 PM

I don't have a strategy yet, but I do rely on:
The Recent Posts
Replies to my posts
And every couple of days I open and scan all sections of the forum in different windows and open any topic of interest in tabs.

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #19 - December 16, 2010, 11:55 PM

I mostly just look at the recent posts.
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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #20 - December 17, 2010, 12:09 AM

I just follow that weird moving arrow thing on my screen.

Too fucking busy, and vice versa.
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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #21 - December 17, 2010, 12:15 AM

"we can smell traitors and country haters"

Quote from: arX on May 01, 2011, 03:33 AM
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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #22 - December 17, 2010, 01:40 AM

I rarely browse the forum. Most of the time when I have time to do forum stuff (usually only 30-40 minute chunks), I only have access on my phone and it's much faster to read emails on my phone than browse the website. So I have notifications of new topics and replies emailed to me, and I read most threads from email. I only open the forum if I want to post or if a thread sounds interesting and I want to enable notifications for it but I don't have time to post (posting automatically enables notifications).

And this reminds me of an admin request I made awhile ago. Can new topic email notifications include the username of the poster? Topic reply notifications do, but not new topics. If I know who the poster is I might have a better idea of whether I want to read the topic or just delete the email.

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #23 - December 17, 2010, 01:41 AM

That's actually a very good idea.

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #24 - December 17, 2010, 01:44 AM

Quote from: Luthiel on December 17, 2010, 01:40 AM
And this reminds me of an admin request I made awhile ago. Can new topic email notifications include the username of the poster?

Should be possible, if I remember to look into it. I never use notifications myself so haven't bothered checking the code behind them.

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #25 - December 17, 2010, 05:18 AM

Quote from: Ishina on December 17, 2010, 12:09 AM
I just follow that weird moving arrow thing on my screen.

and what makes that arrow thingy moves?

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #26 - December 17, 2010, 07:01 AM

Gremlins. Hundreds of them.

Too fucking busy, and vice versa.
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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #27 - December 17, 2010, 08:42 AM

You'd better keep them away from water then!

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Re: How do you browse CEMB?
Reply #28 - December 20, 2010, 01:43 PM

I go through each sub forum separately... easier to keep track of things... then I lurk on the who's online page.
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