"Muted Categories" - is this something that I did, or because that one dude was whinging about the "Not About Food" stuff?

[CCE (Keyrock the unfrozen caveman lawyer; your world frightens & confuses me)]

I’ve noticed lately from the main page, I can only see anything in the “Not About Food” category threads if I click the “Muted Threads” link.

I’m pretty sure (but not positive) that I didn’t mute all those threads myself. I don’t even think I know how to.

Is this some change that Admin has applied as a result of the one person whinging about those types of not-food relate threads?

Or did I actually accidentally trigger some kind of “hide those threads” tripwire?

[mig (you can call me mig)]

Not About Food and the Latest Topic list

We’ve made a change that by default, Not About Food topics are not going to appear on the Latest Topic list. The reason is simple- the goal of the site is to facilitate food discussions. Food topics will always be prioritized much more highly than non-food topics. The original idea about the Not About Food category is such that non-food discussions within food topics should be ‘spun off’ and not distract from the food discussions. With that said, non-food discussions now appear frequent enou…

[Midlife]

VERY disappointing decision!!!