I’m going to put this question about the workings of the site under the Site Announcements category. I know there is (or was) a “Suggestion Box” thread someplace, but have no idea where to find it. I think there also is a thread where people ask questions about functions of the site, but also have no idea where to find it.

[No I’m not. When I tried to post this as a new thread under Site Announcements, I see that only moderators can start a thread there. That is understandable, but what category should this be under and how would you find it at a later date?]

My present question is about the refreshing of the New Posts. Without charting, it seems to fluctuate tremendously in both the time cycle and number of threads that can be followed. I believe it will show over a 100 posting to different threads at one time and then as few as 15 or 20 before it refreshes to 1. It doesn’t seem to be triggered by a time factor as it can happens in less than an hour with less than 25 and other times will have 75 shown for 10 hours.

What is the triggering factor and why does it have to go to zero? I personally find it annoying to attempt to come back to something you posted to 30 minutes before and have to try to find what category that thread was in. Whatever the triggering factor is, can’t it be set to only drop the threads from the far end and leave a minimum of 25 to 50 postings and threads showing?

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