Is there some way to hide all topics within a category from all feeds (recent, popular, new, the digest)?

I need the topics to be accessible (and usable) to all users directly, but not searchable or showing up at random.

So I'n my opinion it is bug that it ignores categories for some people. How to delete those entries in MongoDB?

I imagined something like that for filtering by categories. The active tab would be bigger than the others.

recent-posts-tabs.jpg

@baris said:

If we were to update the list automatically the page would be a total mess on a busy forum as topics would have to move around every time a new post comes in.

You do have a point there.
However, you could still do it in a Facebook-esque style:

Without refreshing: When a reply is made to an existing topic (or a status, on FB) is made, do nothing (or alternatively, only update the reply count & "X posted Y minutes ago" snippet) When a new topic is made, add it to the top of the list When refreshed: List every topic in order of most recent reply (current behaviour)