NodeBB doesn’t have an ACP switch that lets you leave a category out of unread/recent. There is user-level ignore, but it’s not required and you have to choose to use it.
To fix the problem quickly, change the nav URLs to include explicit cid[] filters so that the noisy category is not included in /recent and /unread. If your categories don’t change often, it works fine.
The right fix is a small NodeBB plugin that filters topics.getRecent / topics.getUnread and delete that category on the server side. That’s the only way to make it truly global right now.
NodeBB doesn’t have an ACP switch that lets you leave a category out of unread/recent. There is user-level ignore, but it’s not required and you have to choose to use it.
To fix the problem quickly, change the nav URLs to include explicit cid[] filters so that the noisy category is not included in /recent and /unread. If your categories don’t change often, it works fine.
The right fix is a small NodeBB plugin that filters topics.getRecent / topics.getUnread and delete that category on the server side. That’s the only way to make it truly global right now.