I don't know if this will work for you, but there's that section of New Posts that I rely on a LOT (along with the Unanswered Threads section), --I personally sure would hate to see less of youI'm afraid I wont be participating as often as usual.
HellaSteph, I very much appreciate your interest in this problem. But all I want is to continue receiving the new posts of my watched threads in my email page as has been the case until a few days ago for many years. I am sorry but I don't understand that we must "log back into the site" to receive notifications for a thread. Why "log back"? or rather why log out in the first place at what moment should we log out? and how often?It's important to note that TCS doesn't send you repeated notifications for a thread until you log back into the site. This is so we're not overloading your inbox. If you would like to receive a new update per thread or forum, I can help you get directions on how to subscribe to these to receive updates.
I just wanted to note the frequency that we send out emails is not "one new email notification per every new response" but rather "I get one new email notification per new post for threads I'm subscribed to but won't get another one until I log back into the site."
I hope that helps!