That might not change much. To an increasing extent I'm relying upon ping lists rather than noticing which forum an article is under.
I think most folks are smart enough to figure out how they want to receive content here on FR. Whether it's ping lists, looking only at certain groups, or searching for posts by fellow Freepers who have a history of posting or replying to interesting articles themselves.
As long as YOU are the one choosing what you see, rather than someone else attempting to make that choice for you, it's all good. I've had people add me to their ping lists without my permission or consent who've then gotten rather hostile after I've asked them to remove me, as I had not ASKED to be on their ping list. They get quite "snippy" and act as if they were doing me a favor when in fact they're distracting from how I prefer to receive content here on FR. Thankfully that's happened only about a handful of times since I've been on FR dating back to 1998.