sodapop if you look at the OP of a games thread in top right corner click the drop down icon and choose 'hide this discussion' you won't see it on the active page anymore.
I always go onto the Good Morning Day of the week, which Mick starts for us each day. We talk about the weather in our part of the country and then say what we are doing that day and perhaps comment on what other folks are doing. It is very friendly and non political.
I look at the I'm on thread in case there is something I need to respond to and then the last hour but only if they have fewer than ten contributors or it is a topic I am interested in.I avoid the games and the political threads.
I browse the last hour mostly and pick anything which may interest me,but over the past few months the topic's have held little or no interest for me, too many "games" threads and topics not as interesting as they used to be but that is purely my own opinion.
I read the "last hour" forums first too. Sometimes I read the last page first and if I'm interested I go back and read it through. I "watch" the threads sometimes so I keep up with what's going on.
I have only been on here about a month so do not know if this has been asked recently. I go straight to the "last hour" forums then find a subject I am interested in but not if there are more than 50 posts as it is too much to read all of them. Do others have favourite posters or subjects that they go to first?