I wish somehow I was able to filter the patrol page, to avoid certain sections temporarily so I could look for newbie posts which aren't bounty reports etc.
You can. See my post here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5112334.msg49854683#msg49854683For example, this link -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=recent;boards=1,74,77,86,6,37,98,100,138,97,231,261,14,40,41,42,76,137,81,4,12;patrol - will show you all recent newbie posts from the boards in the "Bitcoin" section only.
You can also use this link to see newbie posts from all boards, but with bounty posts excluded:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=recent;patrol;nobounty