I would find some way to mark interesting forum posts that I want to watch or have posted in and wish to see responces in. As there is sometimes a sizable span of time between my forum visits, the posts I want to check up on are buried or I can't seem to recall what they were called.
Basically, I want to be able to make a list of posts I want to read and be able to ignore all the rest of the crap.
Get Firefox,
get greasemonkey extension,
get userscripts from developers forum.
Then you will have a bookmarks folder along the top of the page and each post you are in will be marked with a green spot.
Plus there are loads of other enhancements available.
See also this thread;
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