Re: Questions about the forum mechanisms + suggestions for topics titles
4. Of course, there is another possibility as well, meaning that I didn't understand yet how the Watchlist actually works 
(and there are heavy chances to be this way).
(and there are heavy chances to be this way).As you said you are using watchlist only since yesterday , you clearly didn't understand it.
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But even so, if 4. is the correct answer, then I still don't know to unfollow a thread where you previously posted, to be more precise how to make that the respective topic won't be listed anymore under "Show new replies to your posts" (in case other users wrote inside those topics).
Also, why do I see some topics in the Watchlist if I never used it before?
Any idea about this behavior of the respective two forum features?
Also, why do I see some topics in the Watchlist if I never used it before?
Any idea about this behavior of the respective two forum features?
Based on my experience, you should ignore Show New Replies completely. This is bugged IMO and completely abandoned. Every topic you ever posted will keep showing there, and this makes absolutely no sense imo.
Watchlist in the other hand is not bugged. Everything I am going to say now is based on my experience using the watchlist daily for nearly 2 years.
Watchlist works much more like a feed, as far as I could understand it. You can add boards and topics (if they are not in the boards you are watching) to your watchlist. Also, any topic you write will automatically goes to your watchlist (I am almost sure about this, but not 100%).
However, every topic that goes to your watchlist is going to be removed soon from there. When you click a topic in your watchlist it disappears from there, until someone posts again.
Additionally, watchlist is a list of "hot topics".Only topics which had a recent activity are gong to show up there. You won't be seeing topics which the last reply was 3 months ago (like the Show New Replies). The oldest reply in my watchlist is from 15/12, which is yesterday.
I think watchlist is an amazing tool if you use it properly, this is how I keep myself informed of all important (imo) discussions in the forum.