Along with recent forum posts on the main page, you can now view up to 20 of the most recent posts on the forum page. The list only shows topics in which you can reply to. So site updates will not be shown unless you are an admin. This should hopefully
make forums easier to navigate and breathe some more life into older topics!
~Webmaster
Edit: Of course guests and other users with restricted access will be shown posts that standard users can view and write.