I've been trying to turn it off but I can't figure out how. Can someone help me please? I dislike this feature a lot.

Right next to the forum pulse is a settings link, just uncheck everything. Each bolded category will uncheck the subcategories if you uncheck it first.

OMW I could hug you XD THANK YOU. I thought that'd hide all the categories lol thank you!

No problem, I tested it myself to make sure it worked. :D

I appreciate it!