Include Topic Section on Threads That Appear on Home Page

October · 02-22-2011, 01:34 PM

Would it be possible to include the Forum topic area in the threads that appear on the home page?

This has happened before and just happened again. I saw the thread title, "Bunnies are here!" and I thought oh cool, someone must have rabbits as pets. I open it only to find that the rabbits are food for the cats' raw diets . . . which I would have known if it had indicated it was in the Raw Food section. It didn't, I didn't know, and now I feel like I've been kicked in the stomach. I'm really bothered by the thought of rabbits being set up as cat food like that, and as a city dweller my whole life, I just can't imagine someone having the stomach to kill them. I know I'm sensitive about this, but I also couldn't be the only one. I don't know what makes our cats' lives so precious and the rabbits' lives so expendable.

With thread topics being as ambiguous as they sometimes are, it's impossible to know which topics are okay to open. Please, can you give us the tools to figure out which ones we should avoid??

**Xanti** · 02-22-2011, 02:38 PM

We will ask Yung about this, I know what you mean.

In the meantime, if you just click on 'new posts' to the left, it does show you the section they have been made on.

Will let you know when we get an update

October · 02-22-2011, 02:46 PM

Thanks Xanti, good to know.

Greenport ferals · 02-22-2011, 03:52 PM

Yeah, the "Bunnies are here!" thread made it sound exciting....but turns out not so exciting for the bunnies.
They are cute too amd make great pets.

October - I also clicked on it by mistake.

Huge · 02-22-2011, 04:35 PM

Me too...
One thing I do, is bookmark the forums page, so I have the topics already there, then I do what Xanti said, and click on new posts.

I tend to avoid certain sections because I have nothing to contribute (eg ferals and raw feeding threads), and so that way I avoid wasting time reading stuff I don't want to.

Susan · 02-22-2011, 08:13 PM

I too would find that a helpful feature, and I had a similar reaction to the bunny thread, not knowing it was about raw food until I had read a little too much.

catnip · 02-23-2011, 09:45 AM

Just like Huge, I just bookmark the forums page. If I ever want to see the 'home page' for any reason (which is very seldom) I just click on the CF logo in the left corner.

02-22-2011, 01:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
October Premier Cat Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 8,011	Include Topic Section on Threads That Appear on Home Page Would it be possible to include the Forum topic area in the threads that appear on the home page? This has happened before and just happened again. I saw the thread title, "Bunnies are here!" and I thought oh cool, someone must have rabbits as pets. I open it only to find that the rabbits are food for the cats' raw diets . . . which I would have known if it had indicated it was in the Raw Food section. It didn't, I didn't know, and now I feel like I've been kicked in the stomach. I'm really bothered by the thought of rabbits being set up as cat food like that, and as a city dweller my whole life, I just can't imagine someone having the stomach to kill them. I know I'm sensitive about this, but I also couldn't be the only one. I don't know what makes our cats' lives so precious and the rabbits' lives so expendable. With thread topics being as ambiguous as they sometimes are, it's impossible to know which topics are okay to open. Please, can you give us the tools to figure out which ones we should avoid?? __________________ Holly and Murphy

02-22-2011, 02:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
October Premier Cat Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 8,011	Thanks Xanti, good to know. __________________ Holly and Murphy

02-22-2011, 04:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Huge Premier Cat Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ganymede, Jupiter. Posts: 8,543	Me too... One thing I do, is bookmark the forums page, so I have the topics already there, then I do what Xanti said, and click on new posts. I tend to avoid certain sections because I have nothing to contribute (eg ferals and raw feeding threads), and so that way I avoid wasting time reading stuff I don't want to. __________________ hguH Of course I'm out of my mind, it's dark and scary in there.

02-22-2011, 08:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
Susan Premier Cat Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,632	I too would find that a helpful feature, and I had a similar reaction to the bunny thread, not knowing it was about raw food until I had read a little too much. __________________ Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.

02-23-2011, 09:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
catnip Cat Addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,148	Just like Huge, I just bookmark the forums page. If I ever want to see the 'home page' for any reason (which is very seldom) I just click on the CF logo in the left corner. __________________ -steve

02-22-2011, 02:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Xanti Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Taunton, Somerset Posts: 2,386	We will ask Yung about this, I know what you mean. In the meantime, if you just click on 'new posts' to the left, it does show you the section they have been made on. Will let you know when we get an update

02-22-2011, 03:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Greenport ferals Senior Cat Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hudson, NY Posts: 888	Yeah, the "Bunnies are here!" thread made it sound exciting....but turns out not so exciting for the bunnies. They are cute too amd make great pets. October - I also clicked on it by mistake.

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