I agree with you. I still advocate a board where discussions are broken down into forums. It's easier to navigate. If you have a discussion forum for Newbies- that's where they'll head first thing. Test the waters, ask the “embarassing” newbie questions… and it's where the regulars who want to lend a hand can go to offer their sage advice..:P I think the current set-up is too convoluted. I, for one, do not go to page 2 of the general discussion. It's just the beginning of a bunch of posts that are so disorganized and I'm not going to take the time to sort it all out…on a daily basis. So, if a question that was unanswered drops off the first page of General Discussion… for me, it's history.
So, my envolvement is limited to the the first page of “general discussion”. If there were sub-topics or forums with categories that were more clear, I wouldn't notice the extra effort to click on them. This current board is in need of order. I know some people are against that because it seems so much more different than the old board. But – this is not the old board. It needs to be handled differently. JMO.
Jenn