Sure, being that open discussion is on top, it's one of the first parts I look at. Usually I'll take a quick scroll down the whole open community page and see the latest thread titles and responders. See anything I gotta see, I click it. I never click the new posts button myself. Otherwise, a common method I use is the "who's online" part, obviously if anyone is reading/replying to a subscribed thread, but also quickly shows what threads are immediately "alive", and frequently people (guests especially) will be looking at some obscure or ancient but interesting thread I never would have come across. Just to demonstrate let's see what comes up...well, a guest was looking at this thread. Makes me wonder what they were looking for that led them to that? Kinda weird. :)