In my preferences, I choose to show only posts active within the last week by default. This means that when I occassionally pop over to the lesser used forums, there's nothing shown by default. Now, I know why this is and how to quickly adjust it, but I don't think it's that instinctive for many users.

I think it would be ideal to print something like, "There are no posts within your chosen time period. Please choose another time period above to view posts in this forum."

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Jamie Marie
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