A holdout from the previous version of idkfa, the "<#Recent>" counts in the list of discussion items is something I put into v2 without really much consideration, and into v3 with even less.

I never really asked anybody if they got anything out of it. At a glance, its intent is to let you know the quantity of recent posts in each of the sections to let you know what sections most likely have new content for you to read. However, with the introduction of reading histories (read/unread posts), this has been somewhat obsoleted.

I've since replaced it with the "[# Unseen]" count, where each item, while you're logged in, will indicate how many post are in each section that you haven't read. Clicking on the number will give you a search of the unread posts in the corresponding item.

The "<# Recent>" feature will still exist, but only when you're browsing without logging in.