I keep a list of Watched Threads which are favorites or ones I wish to remember to return to. I almost always start in that menu. Sometimes I'm involved there for a long time before moving to the New Threads. Most of my watched threads are games which I try to keep up with because, of course, I like playing them, plus it keeps me in routine touch with certain people. I tend to look for specific members' posts, too. I've been following Mod, GNT, DJ, Flake, Jordan, Neesy, n_n, cat in a bag, and never forget Sunny (believe me, I've tried), and forgive me those members my memory right now fails me for. If a thread title looks interesting I'll take a look see. I've tried to avoid like the plague Hot Topics political and religious threads since I understand that the surest way to quickly lose a friend is to offend in terms of what s/he believes in, though I've failed a few times in the endeavor.