Posted by Mrs. Isis Fabulous at 207.127.233.246 on March 11, 2004 at 16:14:03:
In Reply to: Who would like a redesign of the board? posted by Tran311sistor on March 11, 2004 at 15:56:45:
To suggest this.
The board is the way it is for two simple reasons, the most important being that Kevin likes it this way.
The second most important being that the primary purpose of the board is to allow the "reds" to interact with the common people, and with a design like you're suggesting, it would be harder to find red-posts. As is, you can just skim down the board and find red names, or the poster's names whom you most enjoy reading. It's very convenient.
I like the idea of being able to hold onto certain threads for longer, but really, when was the last time you remember an ON-TOPIC thread that lasted for longer than a day or so?
Although this board provides a place for fans to interact with each other over off-topic stuff, that isn't the primary purpose of the board and I don't think Kevin or anyone else should go to the trouble of making it easier or more convenient for us to do that. Stick to the main purpose.