Optimize the CD experience

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Foster

During the last year I have become mindfull on the hours spent in CD, and I'd like to greatly reduce that number.

I'd like to know how you "read" CD. What options do you set, what threads do you look at, what ones do you skip? Forum management? Is everyone but dlavery and JaneYoung on your ignore list? Tell us your secrets to wading through the deluge of posts to find the important messages to read!

Thanks!

Thread Titles. If the title looks interesting to me I hover over it and read the first couple sentences. If the title is "WE NED HLP!!!!!!1" I ignore it.

As far as going through threads quickly, I just skim the posts for relevant points. If I see an interesting point I read the rest of the post. Obviously there are a handful of people who, over several years, have demonstrated that I should just read their posts before skimming them. Sadly the converse is also true, some people are on my mental ignore list. I only use the real ignore list when someone just grates on my nerves too much. I also clear off the ignore list once every couple months.

And, just for the record, dlavery is on my mental ignore list from September until January if the thread involves the word "hint" at all.