You do know this thread is actually in the main forum area?
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You had me there for a moment - I raced to find out what I had done (wrong)! Actually, I discovered we’re in General/Chat as we always are - I can tell by looking all the way up in the right corner of the web page. We do appear in the main forum for a little while, for those who choose to view threads from all forums on the main page. We are soon bumped off by incoming threads. My adrenalin is still up, though. It’s good for me! Just think how many trolls you may traumatize with your post! :D
So that is why the trolls hit the thread hard in the first few pages. Duh!