Threads don't get bumped to the top by a new post anymore

[Rya Nitely]

This is annoying.

In almost every forum that I have used in the past a new post will bump a thread to the top, which lets you know straight away that it is active. Hotly discussed topics remained near the top and got your attention. Old threads could be bumped to the top and get new interest in a topic.

Now the threads are ordered by creation date, and new threads will stay at the top even though nobody is responding, whereas the older, more active threads are way down the list and you have to look for them.

This means that new posts in older threads will go unnoticed unless you subscribed to it, and other people won't be aware of it so the thread will receive hardly any new activity. 

 

[Madeliefste Oh]

You can change that in 'My Settings', Rya. One of the tabs in 'Preferences'.

[Rya Nitely]

Thnay you Madeliefste, although it really should be the default IMO.

[Lasher Oh]

I know what you mean I find it irksome too - I've tried to find the relevant preference setting to change it but I'll be dammed if I can see it  :-(

 

^L^

[Jarnz Dench]

The setting is under:

Settings > Preferences > General > tick box "Sort topics by time of most recent post"

Took me a while to find it too, wish it was on by default.

[Rya Nitely]

Yeah, it kinda defeats the purpose because if only a few people change their settings, bumped and active threads still won't get the attention it did before.

Another thing that annoys me is when I decide to post and then sign in, I get taken back to the homepage and then have to navigate back to where I was.

There are many things I do like about these new forums, but this annoys me.

Maybe someone should start a thread titled 'What annoys me about these new forums'.  I would, but I always get told to go to settings and change my options.

[Servian Serevi]

Everything LL has done to SL in the past three years has accomplished the goal of frustrating it's users. The new forums and blogs are hiddeous and more cumbersome than ever. Way to go LL.

[Zhoie Zimermann]

I agreee, it should be default. Wonder why it's not. I set mine to most recent post appearing at top, but I couldn't figure it out either at first glance, I had to look at what people wrote here, thanks for the help all. 

[Fabien DeSantis]

This is so Viewer 2 in style . Yes like V2 ..  usable is a preference while annoying is the default setting.

Can someone in LL gag that nerd who keeps sugesting ways to make it 'diferent' instead of good.