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"Today's Posts" - Forum Spoiler?

macboy - 5-3-2010 at 11:13 AM

For the past few weeks I've been on and off with the "Today's Posts" link but more and more I find myself going there first and foremost. Thing is, I used to meander my way through the whole of PKF and enjoyed the excitement of seeing a new thread or an old resurrected one - and moreso because I found it all on my own.

With the "Today's Posts" link that thrill is gone but - like a true to form junkie - I'm hooked on the instant gratification that "Today's Posts" grants and think I might be beyond the point of no return. Will it ever be the same? :lol:

BeamerBob - 5-3-2010 at 11:20 AM

Sadly, I'm on here enough that "todays posts" has been my only way for years. On the other hand, if I'm only able to get on once a day, it allows me to catch up with one stop shopping.

Maven454 - 5-3-2010 at 11:25 AM

:eekdrull: I didn't realize that anyone did it any other way...

acampbell - 5-3-2010 at 11:31 AM

It's how I found this :lol:

carltb - 5-3-2010 at 11:36 AM

lol same here!!!:frog:

indigo_wolf - 5-3-2010 at 11:49 AM

I do use "Today's Posts", but it's not that much of a spoiler for me. I tweak it by adjusting the "Show thread activity from the past nn days " feature at the bottom of the list. That way I can get a feel for how active the forum has been for the past week or longer.

If someone posts something particularly pithy, I will hit there profile and click the "Search ALL post by this user" to see if they have any other insightful threads. That's right... some PKF users have a fanbase and they don't even realize it.

Also search kite/board names and gear categories a lot just to check on people impressions of different things.

I try not to look at the "For Sale" section too often :saint: (or at least less than I think Kamikuza might be checking it :smilegrin: ), but apparently you can develop "muscle memory" for all kinds of things... sometimes just not fast enough :sniff:

Like pizza, instant gratification is rarely a bad thing.

ATB,
Sam

Kamikuza - 5-3-2010 at 05:29 PM

Ha ha velly funny :lol: I'm a Today's Posts hammer too. I jump in the For Sale forum to make sure I haven't missed anything juicy though ...

macboy - 5-3-2010 at 05:42 PM

But Kami - don't you trust that the "Today's Post" link would have shown you what you might have missed in the For Sale section?:lol:

Kamikuza - 5-3-2010 at 06:12 PM

Sometimes things sneak off the front page without telling me ... I'm sure my wife has something to do with it :lol:

heliboy50 - 5-3-2010 at 07:01 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kamikuza
Sometimes things sneak off the front page without telling me ... I'm sure my wife has something to do with it :lol:

:yes::yes::yes: My girlfriend will want to get in touch with your wife to find out how to do this.

BigMikesKites - 6-3-2010 at 10:29 AM

OMG :o

I never even looked up at the 'today's posts' link until this post. I'm feeling pretty behind the times all of a sudden.

rocfighter - 7-3-2010 at 05:52 AM

Mike your not alone. But I still do the scanning thing first. Old habits you know?