...so we can see the conversation as a whole, with all the sub-threads. I'm usually interested in all conversations that result from my top post, even the ones I'm not involved in as well as the threadjacked ones. I'm also a proponent of the old style mbtu that lists the # of replies - remember Meletus's "I am dying" announcement? He posted it to seasquirt, she found it by checking his mbtu through her own, I think.

Also fix the counter so it doesn't revert to 0 after each reply, and put a time limit on posts featured in your 'Most Read" and "Highest Rated" boxes so we aren't seeing the same ones week in and week out. Inevitably there will be great posts that reach all-time highs with regard to views and ratings - you could set up a "Hall of Fame" category for those to move into, it would be something to aspire to be included in, thereby always allowing room for fresh new material in the everyday featured boxes