I was trying to read or respond to a lot (all) of posts. Once I get to the 2nd or 3rd page back, it gets tedious to click so much, so I gave up. If there was a way to filter out ones that nothing has happened since the last time I read/responded, then that would make me happier without adding pagination.

Hey there jyokela. This thing is... the intention in The Gulch is that there is no "last" page. As we continue to add content daily, the indexes simply grow to accommodate so, while technically we can show a "last" page, it's a not really practical - imagine we have a million posts, how many will visit page 29, 698 or the "last" page? Can you elaborate a little more on why you think it might be important?