[Stop Legal Plunder]

The lighter stuff, such as the live sports threads are terriffic. They blend well with the serious stuff and gives the board a sense of community. Segregating these topics creates a sterile vibe. There's plenty of good, serious discussion on this board.

One possible way to address this is for the "Latest Posts" page to display the latest posts for all forums combined (rather than just the News/Activism latest posts, as it is now). In addition to the macro latest posts, individual fora could also have "latest posts" as the default display. That way those who want to see only the latest news/activism posts could do that by going straight to News/Activism, and those who want to see the latest of all kinds of posts (including religion, which has been sidelined into a ghetto, and vanity) can do so as well

Drawing the "Latest Posts" from all of the forums provides a much more realistic picture of the whole FR community. It's also much more flexible for those who want to be able to flit back and forth among forums.

Another advantage of this approach is that it would greatly lesson the temptation for vanity and chat posters to post improperly in News/Activism just to be sure Freepers will see their thread.

[eddie willers]

Drawing the "Latest Posts" from all of the forums provides a much more realistic picture of the whole FR community. It's also much more flexible for those who want to be able to flit back and forth among forums. Another advantage of this approach is that it would greatly lesson the temptation for vanity and chat posters to post improperly in News/Activism just to be sure Freepers will see their thread.

You and I wrote the same thing and I just want to pound this fine point again!

[sweetliberty]

Ping!

[zarf]

Still makes for a crowded page....though I may not be visualizing your suggestion correctly