The problem I see is that we don't know in advance what topics will arise.
For instance, the recent recall of Milwaukee County Executive, Tom Ament. Who in the world could have predicted that this would happen in Milwaukee, where the original sheeple live? Yet nearly 200,000 Milwaukeans were so incensed over his outlandish and plush retirement scheme that they took the unheard of step and signed recall petitions, forcing his resignation.
The issues swirling around this incident were changing so fast and furiously that we never could have had the forsight to register to be part of those forums. We just checked the Wisconsin page for the links to the latest articles. And it's still going on.
Also, we are all just getting to know each other, with a dinner in the Fox Valley coming up in 2 weeks. By my count, Wisconsin Freepers have had 3 social gatherings in 3 different areas of the state, not counting numerous FReeps. We are just getting started.
I mean, if you are flying a WI flag, you are subscribed to the WI state (which is a topic within the forum.) All threads posted to WI state (the topic) are listed in the sidebar as a function of being subscribed to a topic.
Let's walk through an example.
Somebody posts a thread to News/Current Events titled "Ament files lawsuit against recall drive". Somebody sees that Wisconsin residents would be interested in this thread, so they "Click to Add Topic" and add in the Wisconsin state topic. From then on, Wisconsin subscribers (all those who fly the WI flag) see "Ament files lawsuit against recall drive" in their sidebar.