This was a problem with the old forums too, and comes back to us just not limiting things like we should. The new forums load data much faster, and if the site weren't lagging right now that would be clear. We've had some problems with them over the first few days of launching for fringe features.

I'd recommend using the bookmark feature of your browser for this, it's built for organizing pages better than something we'd build ourselves :)

If you go to the threads page it shows how many post are on a thread before you go to it :)

RE: Bookmarks, I recommend using a browser like Chrome or Safari that can sink across your devices, or use the notepad or something else on site.

We're really trying to avoid remaking features on the site that are done better by your browser, and bookmarks is a great example of that.

You can watch threads and turn off notifications on them, as well.