>Yes, I realize that.
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>But my list is longer than Chatter and I rarely visit the other forums but always visit VFP. So if the virtual forum had its own list then I could have *only* Chatter appended to VFP and still visit others deliberately (independently). Now, if I set up to only have Chatter in my forums list then I can't get into the others at all.

Select what is best for you. In this case, you probably want to check all forums you wish to participate on and turn off virtual forum.