Checking updates to threads one has participat​ed in without receiving email

Question

Sounds basic but here is my question, and if it has no answer, my request for a forum feature.
Once one posts into a thread (including starting one), one can opt in or out to receive email updates. I usually opt out because I cannot care less for the spam. Moreover, I don't need the updates shortly after my post, as the thread will likely show up on my profile in the "Latest posts by X." section.
However, past a certain time, these threads will drift back into oblivion and I have to tab through many pages to occasionally find an updated thread (sometimes with interesting feedback).
Most other forums I follow have a way of bringing modified threads one has participated in (or subscribed to) to the top of the list.
Is there a way to do this on this site or is this a missing feature?

Answer 1

Just Click your own name and hit the View All button in Latest Posts.  
The Glyphs and BOLD text are rather informative and I rely on them to track short term activity since I often participate on multiple threads at the same time.
Hit the "My Settings" button on the mid-banner too!  and there is a way to get a daily summary e-mail.  That e-mail is the one to watch for longer term threads like bug report updates from JeffP etc....
Generally, the average poster never needs more tools that the profile page offers (I would bet a majority of "Members" do not even know THAT exists)  But you are getting up to that multi K post level where you do start feeling a bit of a pinch from being a few sigmas out on the tail of the distribution.  Writing tools for this far out on the tail is probably not a sound investment for Lithium---- but I wish they HAD thought of us earlier in the design.
Jeff