I'm on the forums 24/7 basically and enjoy reading a lot. As a heavy forum user, I'd have to admit that the stickies were taking up too much room and quite annoying for repeat visitors. First time visitors need those stickies though. Use stickies only for emergency notifications. They will get better attention this way too. I wouldn't even notice if anyone changed the stickies. I ignore them each time because I'm desensitized to them. They aren't alarming anymore. Display More posts per page to accommodate stickies:They should go into configuration and set the number of posts per page to a higher number, so more posts fit on a page. This will reduce a lot of clicking around. It's not like there are ads to display, so there is little benefit to showing few posts per page. Bandwidth is saved on one hand, with quicker page loads, but lost on another hand with more clicking around to find what you need. You can also adjust these settings in configuration to show more posts on certain threads only. Understandably, they don't want to tinker with configuration settings because it could open up holes. Most developers setup a mock site or a 'sandbox' to run tests and try things out before posting to the public version. I'm sure they do for this site. Just some suggestions in case anyone reads. I'm the webmaster for many sites IRL. like to write too, although I use a tablet on this site and my grammar sux on a tablet. Damn auto correct . :-(