Question How Not to Raise a Forum to the Top

[black Bacon]

The updates section on the homepage displays posts from wholesome categories to underground ones. Is there a way to avoid mixing posts when we want to separate them?
I tried using what seemed like the appropriate posting feature, but it didn't work as I expected.

 

[Checkmate]

Hello,

I'm not sure if I get what you mean, are you talking about the forum home page, or the what's new page?

 

[black Bacon]

If possible, both.
I want to make it so that only those interested can notice the updates.
Also, wouldn't it be a bit annoying if you thought there was a big update, but it was just a trivial comment that pushed it to the top? Maybe I'm overthinking it.

 

[Checkmate]

I want to make it so that only those interested can notice the updates.

Not gonna lie, this may be a decent idea, I'll think about how to implement something like this. However it will require logged in user to follow threads and each others.

Also, wouldn't it be a bit annoying if you thought there was a big update, but it was just a trivial comment that pushed it to the top? Maybe I'm overthinking it.

This isn't possible unfortunately. It would be very restrictive otherwise.

 

[black Bacon]

It would have been nice if we could choose whether to surface the post or not at the time of posting, but if that's not possible, it can't be helped. Thank you for taking it positively.

 

[Deleted member 406696]

This isn't possible unfortunately. It would be very restrictive otherwise.

I am curious, can you elaborate why it is so?

 

[Checkmate]

I am curious, can you elaborate why it is so?

It's not possible to determine whether there's a big update or just trivial comment in a thread.