Subtle changes, bugs and feedback

When browsing the forum without logging in is there a way to change the settings so that when you click on a thread/conversation/whatever they're
called these days, it goes to the last page of a thread and not the 1st...every single time?

The problem is... most people who are not signed in (overwhelming majority) have arrived from Google after researching something.

They don't know what a conversation is about, the context, etc.

So those users want to be on page 1, able to see what it is about, reading event details, etc.

And without signing in, we have no way to tell the difference between that majority of users who are truly guests and have arrived with only minimal context and who do not come here often... and you.

Certainly a fair number of people who do have accounts browse without them... but we can't tell you apart from those who don't have accounts.

Hmm... maybe we could consider placing cookies on stuff. If you browse a lot without signing in, then we wouldn't remember everything. And we also wouldn't remember what you're read up to if you access on different devices. If the cookie space got full we'd have to purge older things... so we could try and hack something in but it would be wildly inconsistent, single device only, and would only remember a few items.

Or... you could sign in.

And Today differs from just clicking Conversations as it includes Events, new profiles, any messages you've received, etc.