# Ability to select fora in "New Posts"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ability-to-select-fora-in-new-posts/291777>\
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**Created:** [February 24, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ability-to-select-fora-in-new-posts/291777 "2005-02-24T22:38:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ability-to-select-fora-in-new-posts/291777/1 "2005-02-24T22:38:24Z")

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I’ve just recently discovered the “New Posts” feature (Yea, I know…I’ve been around long enough I should have noticed it before). This is a handy way to keep up on threads that I’m interested in without having to jump back and forth between the different groups.

But it would be nice if there were a way (or if there is a way and I knew about it) to select in User CP which of the groups should be included when looking at New Posts. There are some groups that I rarely venture into, and it would be nice to be able to view just the new posts for the 3 or 4 groups that I frequent.

Is this possible?

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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ability-to-select-fora-in-new-posts/291777/2 "2005-02-25T00:17:33Z")

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And on a related note, why do the individual form pages display approx. 50 threads on a single page, but the New Posts only shows 25?

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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ability-to-select-fora-in-new-posts/291777/3 "2005-02-25T00:18:40Z")

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> [@Fat Bald Guy](#):
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> And on a related note, why do the individual form pages display approx. 50 threads on a single page, but the New Posts only shows 25?

**forum** pages :smack:

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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ability-to-select-fora-in-new-posts/291777/4 "2005-02-26T15:02:45Z")

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Bump. Doesn’t anyone have any thoughts on this?

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**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ability-to-select-fora-in-new-posts/291777/5 "2005-02-26T16:55:27Z")

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Just a WAG, but I don’t think it’s possible for a user to set it up so that only certain forums show up with the ‘New Posts’ function.

Maybe a Mod will come by and explain.