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@raccoon

Looks like @Lightbringer is unofficially back!
(Or, at least you’ve been posting more frequently than about two weeks ago.)
BLF is more interesting with you here.

Agreed, great to have you back @Lightbringer. Sorry the transition has been rough for you.

@Lightbringer

I lost all my subscriptions, so have no idea what threads I was subbed to.

It’s likely you’ll find most of them here:

• https://budgetlightforum.com/my/activity/topics
• Threads you posted in sorted by oldest - or - sorted by newest posts

@Lightbringer

Still getting zero email notifications except sporadically

Hmm that’s weird. The system says it has sent you 6 emails during the past 5 hours from the time of this post. I’ve never had problems with your email provider, but it’s worth checking in the spam folder and/or checking if it’s somehow automatically classifying messages from BLF in a different folder or category apart from your normal Inbox.

Also make sure that you set an active thread to Watching to receive the maximum number of notifications for it, at least temporarily for testing.

@Lightbringer

In fact, I just commented today that instead of “browsing” on a phone, I’d rather shave my head with a belt-sander while being showered with lemon-juice and alcohol.

Amen.

@Lightbringer

just random listed threads at the bottom that show that circled-number (imagine the # of new posts since last looking). [eta: “Suggested Topics”]

Those aren’t really related, they are indeed just random suggested topics, with priority given to ones that you’ve previously read that now have new post activity. This forum is actually very good at helping keep track of threads that you have 1) previously read, 2) previously read and/or posted in with new activity, - or - new threads that you haven’t read yet. This is especially useful in the homepage /latest list. Also please see these tips about keeping track of your readed read and unread threads as well as threads that you are subscribed to:

• https://budgetlightforum.com/t/new-blf-forum-engine-faqs/217457#how-to-keep-track-of-read-unread-posts-and-threads-15
• https://budgetlightforum.com/t/new-blf-forum-engine-faqs/217457#what-are-tracked-and-watched-threads-13

@Lightbringer

Had to go allllllllllllllllll the way to the end, and keep paging-up 'til I saw my last reply

This should help when you click on the search icon within any thread:

Also if you find one of your posts in a thread you can click on your avatar and filter to see your other posts in that thread:

Also please check out these tips regarding scrolling:

• https://budgetlightforum.com/t/new-blf-forum-engine-faqs/217457#where-are-the-pages-2
• https://budgetlightforum.com/t/new-blf-forum-engine-faqs/217457#how-to-go-to-the-first-or-last-post-in-a-thread-6

After you scroll around in a thread it will remember your position.

Also notice that you can click on the time of the most recent post in a thread and it will take you straight to that last post:

And finally, a legitimately hidden feature when using a desktop browser is to hit the # key while browsing a long thread and it will let you jump to a specific post number.

Personally I prefer just dragging the timeline slider thingy, and the advantage is that it also shows you the date range where you’re skipping to.

Hope this helps! Thanks for your patience.