Set your default options to only display posts active in the last 2 days, or 1 week. Then if someone posts to a 4 month old thread, it will still appear on page 1. You could also increase the number of threads per page to 50 or 80 or something.
If you're a regular to these forums, that option should be quite suited to you. It's actually silly to do "Show: from all dates", as your screen is cluttered with inactive threads, making you have to page for active threads.
- Raccoon
