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Originally Posted by Simon Bentley
It is a deliberate change.
What you state was previously the case, however precious few people were registered to the relevant groups so couldn't even see their own forum, so they were drastically under used.
The logic now is that is something is posted in a local forum that is a local matter others will not be interested anyway. However if it is of wider interest then it is most likely in the wrong forum anyway and can be moved to a more appropriate one.
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Though I agree with this idea, I've just realised that all the other groups posts (that I'm not interested in) are popping up in my 'New Posts' search. That might be a pain for some people - especially, for example, as WM are using that area for their main forum so it should have lots of traffic!!