There's a very practical reason to hide any particular forum that you're not interested in which is that it takes up space from other forums on the front page. I hide it because I'm more interested in every other forum. I'm glad it exists as a place for hawkroaches to go but I'd much rather not see it on the front page and be able to see every other forum.
Easy enough....just don't open the threads.
Yeah,not really. I'd say I view the forums differently than some of you, based on some of the other comments. I don't open up to the forum page. I usually look at new posts to see what's new...and it is a simple matter to ignore the threads that don't intrigue me. Personally, I think you overreact, but hey, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
I just like looking at stuff that won't aggravate me, sorry that's hard for others to take. I only hit the New Posts page and would rather see 5-10 more threads that don't have to do with the Hawks or Politics. I'm guessing this is why our website hosts offer this as an option. Not sure why it bothers so many of you that like to see everything. Usually I have a FOMO, but not here.
I'm getting to be the same way. I hope CW realizes that while the annoying hawks who post here bring clicks, they are potentially driving away users who actually want CF content.
This has me pondering what other problems might we solve by starting the appropriate thread. There are maybe real possibilities there.
How do I get the weather gods to stop hating me?
How do I get a hot French girlfriend?
How do I get the offense to score 40 points this weekend?
Or, sadly, maybe it only works for forum stuff.
