At first glance you might think Recent Posts and New Posts will take you to the same place. However there is a subtle difference.
NEW POSTS
New posts will show you the last 200 new posts in the forum. But only those that are NEW TO YOU. If you have seen the post before it will not show up in New Posts. So if you have opened a thread, the forum assumes you have read all the posts within and will not show you that thread again until there is a new post added to it.
New posts is a great way to catch up if you've been away from the forum for a few days and want to see what you've missed. Read away and every time you reload the New Posts page it will show the latest 200 posts that you have not seen and hide all those you have read.
Recent Posts
Clicking recent posts simply returns the latest 200 posts whether you have seen them before or not. Recent posts is the best way to monitor the forum when you are visiting very regularly or are constantly online.
Blocking Forums from new and recent posts
When you are using New or Recent Posts you will see 35 posts at a time. If you find that your page is cluttered with off topic and general chat that doesn't interest you then you can filter these pages. See this item about filtering your new posts.
NEW POSTS
New posts will show you the last 200 new posts in the forum. But only those that are NEW TO YOU. If you have seen the post before it will not show up in New Posts. So if you have opened a thread, the forum assumes you have read all the posts within and will not show you that thread again until there is a new post added to it.
New posts is a great way to catch up if you've been away from the forum for a few days and want to see what you've missed. Read away and every time you reload the New Posts page it will show the latest 200 posts that you have not seen and hide all those you have read.
Recent Posts
Clicking recent posts simply returns the latest 200 posts whether you have seen them before or not. Recent posts is the best way to monitor the forum when you are visiting very regularly or are constantly online.
Blocking Forums from new and recent posts
When you are using New or Recent Posts you will see 35 posts at a time. If you find that your page is cluttered with off topic and general chat that doesn't interest you then you can filter these pages. See this item about filtering your new posts.