Curious about how something works on the site.

[Pete J.]

I am curious about how the "View New Content" works. Yea, I know, push the button! No, actually it is a little different that that. 99% of the time that is what I select after I log in. I like to see the new stuff and I always scroll down through looking for the stars to see stuff I looked at before. This seems to be an efficient way to view the most posts and catch up on older posts I have been involved in. I then check my posts just out of general principle. Now it would seem to me that this should be unnecessary, because new posts to any prior post should come up on new contest. However I find that this is not necessarily so.

So, I guess my question is what are the parameters that "View New Content" uses to select what it shows you?

[JunkPile]

I do not think that I miss very much by using the View New Content feature. Seems to keep me current on all posts. If I am missing any, that is probably a good thing.

[Rob Hall]

I assume it's getting the unread threads since you last selected it....I never log out if I can avoid it, always stay logged in and just hit 'View New Content' periodically.

[Danno]

"View New Content" displays anything posted within the parameters you select.

In the column at left there are three categories from which you can select modifiers to your display: "By Content Type," "By Time Period," and "By Other." Each of those categories changes what displays, but they all display "new" content from whichever selections you've made.

Play around with them and you'll find something you prefer. Mine is "Forums" and "New since last visit." That way, I don't miss anything.

At least in theory.

[Tom Geiger]

The little star indicates a thread that you have participated in. A thread you have read will appear non-bold if nothing new has been added. Once someone posts a new entry, it gets bolded again. There is no way I know of to differentiate between a thread you've read or a new one. I'd love a button "new today" which would show you threads started in the last 24 hours.

Another good sort is to go to the top right of the page and click on your user name. A menu will come up, and select "My Content". All the threads that you have responded to will appear. Once you get this, look at the menu to the left side of the page. You can select "only topics", which will give you just topics that you started.