Please filter "new posts" by board section and topic

[Andorrabell]

I am finding it VERY hard to read these boards because I can't distinguish between the posts I should read and all the political posts.
Could the board mod please figure out if it is possible to filter the "new posts" function to show them organized by forum like our old boards used to.
I feel like I should be here to help represent us, especially since I was promoted to community leader, but these boards make my eyes bleed.

If there is a way to do this on the user end please let me know, I haven't found it.

Dora

[dorfillya]

It appears to me, it is organized with almost exactly the same forums sections as the old board. And, politics is the one I never even open.

[Danille]

when you come to the boards, click "View new posts" and dont bother reading any in politics?

[Vayl]

maybe he just wants the magician's, class, Misc. and so one each to have their own "View new posts" button.

[Malleria]

when you come to the boards, click "View new posts" and dont bother reading any in politics?

Cept Politics has by far the most posts So it's a terrible pain sorting through them.

[Andorrabell]

He's a she. But what I mean is when you "show new posts" in the old boards it sorted them by forums or sections so it was easy to ignore
the non-mage stuff, this one you just get a giant list and you have to look closely to see what forum they are in.

[EQ Mage Tower]

I'll look into it for you.

[wire]

Originally brought up here.

From what I understand, one of the major issues with the old boards was all the traffic and the resulting large bandwidth costs. It's pretty hard to argue that the vast majority of posts don't occur in the politics section. Right now there's the same amount of posts in that forum as all the other posts on this board combined. It's just going to get worse.

Personally, I'd vote to axe the politics section completely, as it has nothing to do with EQ, but I'm sure any effort in that direction would lose support ... entirely because of my previous point: that the majority of posters use this board for political dialog.

The easiest solution is to create 2 user groups, one with and one without access to the politics section. This will work for most people, but if bandwidth costs start to climb, there are other options. :p

[najiwench]

What's with you guys clogging up our politics board with this video game crap?

[wire]

What's with you guys clogging up our politics board with this video game crap?

I know you're being somewhat sarcastic, but that's pretty much the point. It's a real possibility that all the people seeking EQ Magician information and dialog will be driven to yet another community option if things keep going the way they are.