"News items" dilute and interfere with New Posts

[Loren Booda]

Why do we have what seems the majority of forums posting in the evening to be those of news agencies? They usurp the purpose of PF as primarily physics/science oriented and make the majority of posts at times arbitrary and repetitive (0 replies and 1 view). From what I can tell, these posts are not utilized by our members. Why not create instead a hyperlink on the homepage for those who wish to peruse this news?

[Math Is Hard]

It's the "new spam", I guess. The movie promotion "press release" posts are annoying too.

[The_Professional]

You mean the News Items show up in your New Posts results? You can disable it by going to:

User CP--->>Edit Options (http://physicsforums.com/profile.php?do=editoptions)--->>Scroll down then Find: Thread Display Options Window--->>Go to: Exclude Special Posts in 'New Posts' Searches=
===>>Check either one:

Exclude News Reporter Posts
Exclude Usenet Posts

then Save Changes

Cheers

[Math Is Hard]

Thanks, Pro. That seems to filter them out quite nicely!

[Loren Booda]

Thanks also for helping this computer semi-illiterate, Pro - I'll see how it goes.