I agree, but what is the difference between “Active Articles” and “Latest Articles”?
I think “Active Articles” are the one’s with the highest view/reply ratio.
>>> what is the difference between “Active Articles” and “Latest Articles”? <<<
Latest Article are listed in chronilogical order.
Active Articles are listed in chroniclogical order of THE LAST POST TO THAT THREAD.
For instance, a story that was posted yesterday and is still being commented on gets ‘bumped to the top’ of the “Active Artcles” list.
To me, it makes a lot of sense.
Have you ever clicked on an interesting looking thread in the “Latest Comments” page, only to find out that the article is three weeks old? Example.... You click on “Top Staffers Resign From McCain Campain!!!” only to find out that the story was from last summer when his campaign was in the dumps.
Also, I remember when Mel Gibson was arrested for drunk driving and his anit-semetic slurs were top news.
Even though I check this site regularly for updates, I didn’t hear about it for some time because the story was buring somewhere in the forum. The new page would bump the story up to the top each time a comment was made.
Anyway, the new list should give us the best of both worlds.