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I don't like the 2 forums. I enjoyed the miscellaneous stuff interspersed among the more serious threads. When I have a lot of time, I read the silly posts. When I'm pressed for time, I skip them.

The serious posts become overwhelming without a few lighthearted ones every once in a while. all of the lighthearted posts lumped together also becomes boring. I really liked it better when the forums were mixed.

I agree. I like to get a BROAD SPECTRUM of posts, which is why I **LOVE** the new "review" function, at:

http://beta.freerepublic.com/focus/my/review

Now, I can "subscribe" to BUNCHES of topics, and quickly peruse the titles of threads in MANY areas.
It is not quite like it was, but it works, for now.

I don't like the 2 forums. I enjoyed the miscellaneous stuff interspersed among the more serious threads. When I have a lot of time, I read the silly posts. When I'm pressed for time, I skip them.

The serious posts become overwhelming without a few lighthearted ones every once in a while. all of the lighthearted posts lumped together also becomes boring. I really liked it better when the forums were mixed.

I totally agree. I don't like much of the new, needlessly complex features of FR. It seems that now the only way I can find interesting threads is if someone pings me to them, or if I do a search of FReepers' names to see what threads they've posted on. I'm constantly amazed at how many great threads are "out there", yet I haven't managed to find them as easily as with the old format.

We used to post an article and broadcast it to all 80,000+ FReepers and lurkers at once. Now, I have to spend much more time searching around for interesting articles. Sadly, I'm finding that I read less on FR and more on other sites. It's as if the very heart and soul of the FR that we knew has been ripped out.