My only point is that the vanity posts often receive such heavy volume that it's difficult to find much else on the forum page. I suppose one could make a case for the free market dictating what conversation is seen here, but I've always been under the impression news and activism are the main focus here. Those are the topics that interest me.
My point is, I'm not trying to say certain posts are inferior to others; only that adding a sort function to the forum seens like a good idea to me. Perhaps I'm in the minority on that. Regards.
I appreciate your point. I also respectfully disagree about what is happening. Whether or not it is intended, separating the forum has created "Superior" and "inferior" classifications of posts, and will be the death of the place.
My point: The financial base of FR will be destroyed if the forums completely split up, as people find cross-forum searches impossible. Besides, why support a forum that thinks your posts are "stupid?"
Everyone is going to have to go through all sorts of decision-making and rigamarole because of the people who complain.
And another thing, those people who abuse this forum with their rants about some aspect of Bush's policies will STILL post their stuff under news, because they think their opinions are more important.
I AM IN A BAD MOOD!