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Hi all,

I apologize if I am nagging, and please don't hit me!

I am wondering if the "Whatcha eating today" topics can be combined a little? I feel like they are pushing other topics out of sight - every third or fourth topic on here seems to be a Whatcha eating.

I know we are all trying to find inspiration and to keep our menu plans "fresh", but I am wondering if we can make that a weekly topic or reuse the Monday/Tuesday etc. topics every week? We have two Mondays, two Thursdays and two Fridays up on the first page. Maybe I am the only one but I feel it pushes other topics out that offer a little more "variety" to the food & Nutrition section.

If this is not a good idea, I was wondering if there is a way to block those or remove them from my feed like on Facebook?

Thanks and my apologies - I am not trying to be trouble, just an idea...

Susanne

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It's a valid question. I'll see how many responses we get here and if enough agree with this, I'll clean up the threads so it's not so overpowering.

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Irene,

Could we make it part of the Sub-forums in the food category, then we can just put the date in for everyone to add their menus and tips! this way it is not a new thread everyday! I really do not see the whole food forum as I just look at the 'View New content' when i log in so I never realized that it was clogging up the whole forum! Sorry!! unsure.gif

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I have a suggestion in to the powers that be... stay tuned.

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Awesome, thank you so much! I generally think the topics are a good idea to show what people with sleeves can eat at all the different stages!

And I am very happy I didn't get flogged...

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Yeah I never noticed it either as I too just use the View New button each time I come on! I think a sub-forum of it's own is great! I LOVE seeing what others are eating!!!

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Here is the new Subforum:

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/forum/112-meals-specific-to-being-sleeved/

It can be found in the food & Nutrition Forum. I will clean up all the already created threads and merge them all together. They will be by weekday, Monday, Tuesday, etc... I will also pin them all to the top so they won't get lost in the shuffle should many others post in the subforum. Thanks!

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Irene, since it is its own forum now, I don't really think it has to be restricted to one topic per day - that was my suggestion if we couldn't get a subforum, but since that the only topic there right now, I think it would be OK to have individual posts.

Otherwise, I personally find really long topics intimidating and I usually prefer not to post there. I am not shy, but I always feel there is a big bond between posters in a topic and I feel I have the read the WHOLE thread before I reply.

Just a thought, but I think they can be individual...

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