I had inquired about this a while ago but wanted to re-visit the topic to see if anything has changed. Is there a way to prevent public groups from showing in the main feed? I've had to force all groups to be private because people didn't want to scroll through posts in groups they cared nothing about. I am currently on 4.7.6 and am debating upgrading because I've done so much custom work, but if there's a way to tackle this issue then it is probably worth the effort to upgrade.
Also, I have renewed my membership (a very expensive way to ask this question by the way) and still cannot see replies in the forum because it says I have to "join". Can I get this fixed please?